Patent ID: 7407589

Claim:
A method of providing magnetic fluid treatment at a plurality of distinct points, comprising the steps of: providing a length of conduit, said conduit comprising a magnetically conductive material defining a fluid impervious boundary wall with an inner surface and an outer surface and having a fluid entry port at one end of the conduit and a fluid discharge port at the other end of the conduit; providing a fluid flow conduit to promote the flow of a fluid through the magnetically conductive conduit, said fluid flow conduit defining a fluid impervious boundary wall with an inner surface and an outer surface; providing an electrical conductor comprising at least one strand of an electrical conducting material having a first conductor lead and a second conductor lead; providing at least one electrical power supply having a capacity to energize the electrical conductor; coiling the electrical conductor around the outer surface of the magnetically conductive conduit to form at least one layer of electrical conductor encircling the magnetically conductive conduit; deploying the fluid flow conduit proximate the magnetically conductive conduit; connecting the conductor leads of the electrical conductor coiled around the outer surface of the magnetically conductive conduit to the at least one electrical power supply to produce an electromagnetic field within the inner surface of the fluid impervious boundary wall of the magnetically conductive conduit, said magnetic field extending beyond each end of the magnetically conductive conduit along the longitudinal axis of the magnetically energized conduit; introducing a feed stream comprising a fluid column receptive to magnetic treatment to the inner surface of the fluid impervious boundary wall of the fluid flow conduit to establish a flow of the fluid through the magnetically conductive conduit; directing the flow entering the magnetically conductive conduit to pass through a first area of magnetic treatment concentrated at the fluid entry port of the magnetically conductive conduit; directing the flow discharged from the fluid entry port of the magnetically conductive conduit to pass through a second area of magnetic treatment concentrated along a path extending through and substantially orthogonal to each turn of the electrical conductor encircling the outer surface of the magnetically conductive conduit; directing the flow exiting the magnetically conductive conduit to pass through a third area of magnetic treatment concentrated at the fluid discharge port of the magnetically conductive conduit; and discharging the fluid exiting from the fluid discharge port of the magnetically conductive conduit as a processed feed stream.