摘要 |
A device and method for the treatment of a fluid with magnetic lines of force are disclosed. The device comprises a core magnet assembly and at least one spaced-apart and concentric elongated ring magnet assembly forming at least one annular passageway for said fluid. Each magnet assembly comprises at least one tier of at least two magnetic sections arranged in coaxial lines in N-N and S-S relation in at least one permanent magnet. The ends of each tier of magnetic sections are supported by support members and, when said tier contains more than one magnet, the length of said tier is supported between its ends. The magnet assemblies are positioned so that the polarities of adjacent polar ends of magnetic sections in one of said magnet assemblies are unlike the polarities of the oppositely disposed adjacent polar ends of magnetic sections in a spaced-apart magnet assembly. The device and method are effective to reduce or inhibit the formation of undesired precipitates such as scale in a system in which the treated fluid is used.
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