Control of mineral scale deposition in cooling systems using secondary-treated municipal wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 748-760

  Li, Heng ^a   Hsieh, Ming Kai ^b   Chien, Shih Hsiang ^a   Monnell, Jason D ^a   Dzombak, David A ^b   Vidic, Radisav D ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiscaling; Cooling water; Mineral deposition; Municipal wastewater; Precipitation; Scaling

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMMONIA; CHLORINE; COOLING; COOLING WATER; CORROSION; MINERALS; POWER PLANT LABORATORIES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCALE (DEPOSITS); THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTI-SCALING; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELING; KINETIC LIMITATIONS; MINERAL DEPOSITIONS; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PRECIPITATION REACTION; SCALING;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM ION; CHLORINE; MAGNESIUM ION; MALEIC ACID; MINERAL; MONOCHLORAMINE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM; WATER;

AMMONIA; ARID REGION; BACTERIUM; BIOFOULING; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; COOLING; CORROSION; EQUILIBRIUM; MINERAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOSPHORUS; PIPE; POWER PLANT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION KINETICS; WASTEWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COOLING; CORROSION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; LABORATORY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78650510396     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.08.052     Document Type: Article

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