US Patent Issued on May 12 for "Method of chemically cleaning pipework systems" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,459, issued on May 12.

"Method of chemically cleaning pipework systems" was invented by David Sevier (Epsom, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for chemical cleaning and corrosion inhibition of pipework, typically in closed loop systems, that avoids or significantly minimises the requirement for wastewater discharge where the system is first acidified using a mixture of cleaning agents capable of dissolving metal oxides. The method then precipitates any dissolved contaminants and separates the precipitate from the carrying fluid. Further elements of a combined corrosion inhibitor package are then added to any clean...