Mineral scaling mitigation in cooling systems using tertiary-treated municipal wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 4488-4498

  Liu, Wenshi ^a   Chien, Shih Hsiang ^a   Dzombak, David A ^b   Vidic, Radisav D ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; COOLING WATER; CORROSION; COSMETICS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; MINERALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

CORROSION PROBLEMS; LABORATORY STUDIES; MINERAL DEPOSITIONS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PILOT-SCALE STUDY; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SCALING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES;

EFFLUENTS;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; COOLING WATER; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MINERAL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOLING; FILTRATION; MINERAL; NITRIFICATION; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMER; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; TERTIARY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COOLING; CORROSION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FILTRATION; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84863544679     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.05.041     Document Type: Article

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