Patent ID: 8143204
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: C02F,C11D,C23F,C23G

Abstract:
1. A method for preventing scale formation on industrial food processing equipment used to process a liquid food source, the method comprising: applying an antiscalant aqueous solution consisting of about 50 ppm to about 150 ppm of a water soluble source of magnesium ion to the equipment, wherein the water soluble source of magnesium ion is selected from the group consisting of magnesium chloride, magnesium sulfate, magnesium acetate, and mixtures thereof wherein the antiscalant solution is applied to the equipment by at least one of direct injection into the liquid food source prior to evaporation and direct injection in the process lines of the equipment prior to evaporation, and the scale comprises a calcium salt selected from the group consisting of calcium phosphate, calcium oxalate, calcium silicate and mixtures thereof, such that the formation of scale on the equipment is substantially prevented.