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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
John W Jost, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Darrell L Gallup, Ontario, CA (US);
Assignee:
Union Oil Company of California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210696 ; 606415 ; 210698 ; 422 12 ;
Abstract
A method for inhibiting the precipitation of a scale, such as an iron silicate scale, from a hot aqueous brine solution, such as a geothermal brine, during production and handling of the brine wherein there is injected into the brine a brine-soluble acid in an amount sufficient to lower the pH of the brine from 0.1 to 0.3 pH units.