	US 12,006,240 B2
	Method of suspending elemental sulfur in water
Corinne E. Consalo, Wilmington, DE (US); and John S. Chapman, Wilmington, DE (US)
Assigned to Solenis Technologies, L.P., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by SOLENIS TECHNOLOGIES, L.P., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/583,686.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/736,636, filed on Sep. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0095148 A1, Mar. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. C02F 5/10 (2023.01); C09K 8/532 (2006.01); C23F 11/16 (2006.01); C02F 101/10 (2006.01); C02F 103/02 (2006.01); C02F 103/10 (2006.01); C23F 14/02 (2006.01)

CPC C02F 5/10 (2013.01) [C09K 8/532 (2013.01); C23F 11/163 (2013.01); C02F 2101/101 (2013.01); C02F 2103/023 (2013.01); C02F 2103/10 (2013.01); C23F 14/02 (2013.01)]

14 Claims

1. A method of suspending elemental sulfur in water in a geothermal fluid, said method comprising the steps of:

A. providing the geothermal fluid comprising water, elemental sulfur and hydrogen sulfide in a geothermal power plant; and

B. adding from about 1 to about 100 parts by weight of a sulfur suspension additive to the geothermal fluid based on one million parts by weight of the water which suspends the elemental sulfur in the water,

wherein the sulfur suspension additive is an alkyldiphenyloxide disulfonate or salt thereof.