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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2004
Nicholas R. Blandford, Willow Grove, PA (US);
Libardo A. Perez, The Woodlands, TX (US);
William S. Carey, Wallingford, PA (US);
Nicholas R. Blandford, Willow Grove, PA (US);
Libardo A. Perez, The Woodlands, TX (US);
William S. Carey, Wallingford, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and composition for processing natural water such as seawater, brackish, and estuarine water wherein the water is concentrated with or without heating comprising adding to the water (I) a water-soluble polymeric phosphonate and (II) a water-soluble polycarboxylate to control scale formation and deposition. Optionally a water -soluble poly[isopropenylphosphonic acid] can also be utilized as component (I) without the addition of component (II).