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An electromagnetic fluid conditioning (EFC) apparatus and method to control paraffin and/or asphaltene is disclosed. Further, the present invention incorporates the discovery that the electric field must have specific characteristics to achieve the efficiency described herein. The invention disclose

An electromagnetic fluid conditioning (EFC) apparatus and method to control paraffin and/or asphaltene is disclosed. Further, the present invention incorporates the discovery that the electric field must have specific characteristics to achieve the efficiency described herein. The invention disclosed is an apparatus and method for inducing a magnetic field parallel to the flow of fluid in the conduit at surface or downhole conditions and an electrical field orthogonal to the direction of the flow of fluid in the conductor. The EFC apparatus comprises a non-magnetic conduit having opposite ends and allowing a flow of product to go therethrough, an insulated coiled wire or winding in a magnetic enclosure within its opposite ends. The adjacent turns of the wire are electrically insulated from each other and the non-magnetic conduit. The winding is protected with an aluminum or stainless steel or other suitable non-magnetic material that encapsulates the wire and part of the non-magnetic conduit. The internal wall of the non-magnetic conduit is coated with a plastic film to insulate the non-magnetic conduit from the electrical field induced within the non-magnetic conduit of the magnetic field. The peripheral electrical devices are external. The peripheral electrical devices required are as follows: a mode selector switch (1/2wave/full wave), a rectifier if DC current is desired, a voltage transformer if other voltage difference from 112 volts is required depending on the specific application.

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A method for the treatment of fluids or solutions comprising molecules which fluids are effected by electric fields or magnetic fields, such as, for example, paraffin, asphaltene and any other fluids similarly affected comprising the steps of: (a) passing the fluid through a non-magnetic conduit hav

A method for the treatment of fluids or solutions comprising molecules which fluids are effected by electric fields or magnetic fields, such as, for example, paraffin, asphaltene and any other fluids similarly affected comprising the steps of: (a) passing the fluid through a non-magnetic conduit having a central axis, (b) generating a magnetic field of sufficient intensity to effect the fluid, and given that the fluid has magnetic susceptibility, creating a ferro-magnetic fluid, (c) inducing an electric field in association with the magnetic field such that the magnetic field is parallel to the flow of fluid in the conduit and the induced electric field is orthogonal to the direction of the flow of fluid in the conduit, (d) vibrating the magnetic field and the electric field to a sufficient intensity so as to control the nucleation phenomena of the molecules such that aggregation is inhibited and the molecules remain in solution, (e) impressing the fluid with the combined effect of the electric field and the magnetic field such that the electric field is zero at the central axis of the conduit and increases proportionally therefrom for reducing or preventing sedimentation.