Freeze conditioning agents utilizing crude glycerin and flowback and produced water
AssigneeEcolab USA Inc.
InventorsRonald V. Davis, Jing Wang, Stephen J. Blubaugh, Walter Gerlach
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Abstract
The invention provides methods and compositions for freeze conditioning particulating materials. The invention includes the use of the combination of crude glycerin with flowback or produced water. This combination prevents unwanted agglomeration when frozen. This combination also is non-corrosive and best of all facilitates the safe clean recycling of what would otherwise be unwanted dangerous waste material.
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A method of inhibiting the agglomeration of a particulate material exposed to below freezing temperature, the method comprising the step of applying to the particulate material a fluid comprising flow back water and/or produced water, and crude glycerin.
A method of inhibiting the agglomeration of a particulate material exposed to below freezing temperature, the method comprising the step of applying to the particulate material a fluid comprising flow back water and/or produced water, and crude glycerin.
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