Patent ID: 7357862
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: C02F,F02M

Abstract:
1. A fluid conditioning system to treat a flowing fluid that includes unrefined crude oil, the fluid conditioning system comprising: a storage tank operable to store the flowing fluid, the storage tank having an inlet to receive the flowing fluid, and an outlet operable to discharge the flowing fluid; a separator operable to separate oil and gas having an inlet to receive and an outlet to discharge the flowing fluid; a pump having an inlet and an outlet, the pump in fluid communication with the outlet of the separator and in fluid communication with the inlet of the storage tank through the outlet of the pump, and in fluid communication with the outlet of the storage tank through the inlet of the pump, the pump operable to receive the flowing fluid at its inlet and to discharge the flowing fluid at its outlet at a higher pressure; a magnetic fluid conditioner operable to receive the flowing fluid at a first end, to subject the flowing fluid to a magnetic flux with a plurality of a singularly alternating opposing magnetic transitions, and to discharge the flowing fluid at a second end, the magnetic fluid conditioner located at a first location upstream of the separator and at a second location between the outlet of the pump and the inlet of the storage tank, the magnetic fluid conditioner in fluid communication with the outlet of the pump through the first end of the magnetic fluid conditioner, and in fluid communication with the inlet of the storage tank through the second end of the magnetic fluid conditioner, wherein the flowing fluid is recirculated through the fluid conditioning system so the flowing fluid flows through the magnetic fluid conditioner multiple times to reduce the formation of precipitates in the flowing fluid.