Process using aloe for inhibiting scale
AssigneeIntevep, S.A.
InventorsAlfredo Viloria, Luis Castillo, Jose A. Garcia, Maria Alejandra Carrasquero Ordaz, Elluz Vanessa Torin
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Abstract
A method is provided for inhibiting scale in a hydrocarbon system, including the steps of: providing a hydrocarbon system; providing an aloe-derived scale inhibitor; and mixing the aloe-derived scale inhibitor with the hydrocarbon system in amounts effective to inhibit formation of scale. The scale inhibitor is an aloe vera gel/aloe sap mix dissolved in water at a concentration of between about 5 and about 50% wt/wt, which includes polysaccharides having a hydrocarbon chain structure having carboxyl and alcohol functional groups that interact with divalent ions.
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A method for inhibiting scale in a hydrocarbon system, comprising the steps of:
- providing a hydrocarbon system;
- providing an aloe-derived scale inhibitor, wherein the aloe-derived scale inhibitor is prepared by:
- obtaining Aloe Vera plants;
- grinding the Aloe Vera plant to produce an aloe vera gel/aloe sap mix from the Aloe Vera plants;
- sterilizing and stabilizing the aloe vera gel/aloe sap mix to provide a stabilized mix;
- and,
- dissolving the stabilized mix in water to provide the scale inhibitor as an aqueous solution having a concentration of stabilized mix of between about 5 and about 50% wt/wt;
- and,
- mixing the aloe-derived scale inhibitor with the hydrocarbon system in amounts effective to inhibit formation of scale.
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