US 11,919,784 B2
Methods for predicting and monitoring scale formation in industrial water systems
Rajendra Prasad Kalakodimi, Glen Allen, VA (US); Santanu Banerjee, Glen Allen, VA (US); and Tzong Du, Glen Allen, VA (US)
Assigned to CHEMTREAT, INC., Glen Allen, VA (US)
Filed by CHEMTREAT, INC., Glen Allen, VA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/364,303.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/074,576, filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0073371 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. C02F 1/00 (2023.01); C02F 5/14 (2023.01)
CPC C02F 1/008 (2013.01) [C02F 5/14 (2013.01); C02F 2209/02 (2013.01); C02F 2209/055 (2013.01); C02F 2209/06 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
varying at least one condition of water in a water system while (i) measuring an amount of a polymeric deposit control agent (DCA) in the water to detect a change in the amount of the polymeric DCA in the water; and (ii) measuring scaling in the water system to detect a change in the amount of scaling; and
correlating the detected change in the measured amount of the polymeric DCA with the detected change in scaling in the water,
wherein the at least one varied condition of the water includes at least one of a pH of the water, a temperature of the water, a salt concentration of the water, and a flow rate of the water.