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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2023
Applicant:
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (US);
Inventors:
Johan Vanneste, Golden, CO (US);
Alexander Schwiebert, Golden, CO (US);
John Arthur Bush, Lakewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/01 (2006.01); B01D 61/02 (2006.01); B01D 61/12 (2006.01); B01D 65/08 (2006.01); G01N 21/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/01 (2013.01); B01D 61/025 (2013.01); B01D 61/12 (2013.01); B01D 65/08 (2013.01); G01N 21/532 (2013.01); G01N 2021/0106 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are described herein for early detection of scaling during processing of liquid solutions. Particularly, the methods and systems described herein provide detection of the onset of scalant crystallization, so that measures can be deployed in a way that avoids significant scaling of membranes or other separating elements.