Fluid treatment apparatus and method

An apparatus for preventing and reducing the problems associated with emulsions and the build-up of paraffin, scale salt encrustation and the like on the surface of a conduit transferring a fluid comprising:

• (a) a housing having a first end and a second end,
• (b) a chamber adaptable to the first and of said housing for accepting a fluid therethrough and having a hydraulic trip for inducing the turbulent flow of the fluid,
• (c) a connector adaptable to the second end of said housing for discharging the fluid therethrough,
• (d) one or more support structures disposed in said housing,
• (e) a plurality of discrete solid cylindrical magnets longitudinally disposed in said support structures, adjacent magnets oriented in each support structure and adjacent support structures having like polarity adjacent for effecting a plurality of magnetic fields having alternating polarity,
• (f) a solid disk-like ferromagnetic element disposed between adjacent poles of adjacent magnets in each support structure, and
• (g) a ferromagnetic magnetic field closure member disposed at each extremity of the longitudinally disposed magnets.

A fluid treatment apparatus for placement in a structure transferring a fluid for preventing and reducing the problems associated with emulsion and the build-up of paraffin, scale, salt encrustation, and the like on the surface of the structure comprising:

• (a) means for inducing the turbulent flow of the fluid as the fluid enters the apparatus;
• (b) a plurality of discrete solid cylindrical magnets aligned linearly along the direction of fluid flow with like poles of adjacent magnets oriented adjacent to one another to form a sequence of magnetic fields of alternating polarity;
• (c) a solid disk-like ferromagnetic element inserted between the like poles of adjacent magnets for intensifying the magnetic fields;
• (d) means for inducing further turbulent flow of the fluid as it flows in the vicinity of the magnets;
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• (e) a ferromagnetic field closure member disposed at each extremity of the longitudinally disposed magnets.

An apparatus for preventing and reducing the problems associated with emulsions and the build-up of paraffin, scale, salt encrustation and the like on the surface of a conduit transferring a fluid comprising:

• (a) a housing having a first end and a second end,
• (b) a chamber adaptable to the first end of said housing for accepting a fluid therethrough and having a hydraulic trip for inducing the turbulent flow of the fluid,
• (c) a connector adaptable to the second end of said housing for discharging the fluid therethrough,
• (d) one or more support structures disposed in said housing, the support structures being abutting and parallel right circular cylinders each having first and second ends, and defining a first aperture in the cylinder wall near the first end and a second aperture in the cylinder wall near the second end, the first aperture and the second aperture of each cylinder being on opposite sides of the wall of said cylinder, said cylinder aligned to have the first aperture of each cylinder to open symmetrically away from any adjacent first aperture for causing the fluids to enter said cylinders having a swirling motion and to have the second aperture of each cylinder to open symmetrically away from any adjacent second aperture for causing the fluid to exit said cylinders having a swirling motion,
• (e) a plurality of discrete magnets longitudinally disposed in said support structures, adjacent magnets oriented in each support structure and adjacent support structures having like plurality adjacent for effecting a plurality of magnetic fields having alternating polarity,
• (f) a ferromagnetic element disposed between adjacent poles of adjacent magnets in each support structure, and
• (g) a ferromagnetic magnetic field closure member disposed at each extremity of the longitudinally disposed magnets.

An apparatus for preventing and reducing the problems associated with emulsions and the build-up of paraffin, scale, salt encrustation and the like on the surface of a conduit transferring a fluid comprising:

• (a) a housing having a first end and a second end,
• (b) a chamber adaptable to the first end of said housing for accepting a fluid therethrough and having a hydraulic trip for inducing the turbulent flow of the fluid,
• (c) a connector adaptable to the second end of said housing for discharging the fluid therethrough,
• (d) one or more support structures disposed in said housing,
• (e) a plurality of discrete magnets longitudinally disposed in said support structures, adjacent magnets oriented in each support structure and adjacent support structures having like plurality adjacent for effecting a plurality of magnetic fields having alternating polarity,
• (f) a ferromagnetic element disposed between adjacent poles of adjacent magnets in each support structure, and
• (g) a toroidal ferromagnetic magnetic field closure member disposed at each extremity of the longitudinally disposed magnets, each closure member engaging said support structures for securing the position of said support structures, said magnets and said ferromagnetic elements therein.

A fluid treatment apparatus for placement in a structure transferring a fluid for preventing and reducing the problems associated with emulsion and the build-up of paraffin, scale, salt encrustation, and the like on the surface of the structure comprising:

• (a) means for inducing the turbulent flow of the fluid as the fluid enters the apparatus,
• (b) a plurality of cylinders having parallel central axes and abutting exterior walls, each cylinder having a first end, a second end, and defining a first aperture in the cylinder wall near the first end and a second aperture in the cylinder wall near the second end, the first aperture and the second aperture of each cylinder being on opposite sides of said cylinder, said cylinders aligned to have the first aperture of each cylinder to open symmetrically away from any adjacent first aperture for causing the fluid to enter said cylinders having a swirling motion and to have the second aperture of each cylinder to open symmetrically away from any adjacent second aperture for causing the fluid to exit said cylinders having swirling motion,
• (c) a plurality of discrete magnets linearly aligned in each cylinder along the direction of fluid flow with like poles of adjacent magnets oriented adjacent to one another to form a sequence of magnetic fields of alternating polarity,
• (d) a ferromagnetic element inserted between the like poles of adjacent magnets for intensifying the magnetic fields,
• (e) means for inducing further turbulent flow of the fluid as it flows in the vicinity of the magnets.