A novel attach-and-release mineral scale control strategy: Laboratory investigation of retention and release of scale inhibitor on pipe surface

Ping Zhan; Yuan Liu; Nan Zhang; Weng Fai Ip; Amy T. Kan; Mason B. Tomson

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.70, 462-471, February, 2019

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2018.11.009 Export Citation

A novel attach-and-release mineral scale control strategy: Laboratory investigation of retention and release of scale inhibitor on pipe surface

Ping Zhan^{1, †}, Yuan Liu¹, Nan Zhang², Weng Fai Ip¹, Amy T. Kan^{2, 3}, and Mason B. Tomson^{2, 3}

¹Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, China
²Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
³Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

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A novel “attach-and-release” approach has been experimentally evaluated as an alternative scale control strategy for pipe flow system. Phosphonate scale inhibitor was initially attached to calcium carbonate medium on the surface of the pipe. Subsequently, the retained inhibitor was released into the flowing fluid for scale control. A plug-flow tube reactor apparatus was adopted in laboratory studies. It shows that formation of calcium-inhibitor precipitate accounts for the attachment of inhibitor and brine chemistry can considerably impact the amount of inhibitor retained. This proposed strategy has the potential to be applied in a pipe flow system to control scale deposition threat.

Keywords:Mineral scale;Scale inhibitor;Attachment;Release;Pipe flow system

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