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Title: | A comparative study of novel scale inhibitors with commercial scale inhibitors used in seawater desalination | Contributor(s): | Al-Hamzah, Ali (author); Fellows, Chris (author) | Publication Date: | 2015 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.desal.2014.12.027 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16495 | Abstract: | Seawater from the Arabian Gulf was heated under conditions simulating those of thermal desalination processes and the change in the amount of aquated Ca²+ followed over time using Inductively Coupled Plasma/Optical Emission Spectroscopy. This was done in the absence of any scale inhibitor, and in the presence of scale inhibitors: three commercial polycarboxylate products commonly employed in thermal desalination plants and four novel poly(acrylic acid) inhibitors of differing molar masses and end-group functionality. At times > 2 min, the novel poly(acrylic acid) scale inhibitors of low (~ 2000) molar mass and moderate (hexyl isobutyrate or cyclohexyl isobutyrate) end-group hydrophobicity were more effective in maintaining the aquated Ca²+ level than any commercial product. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Desalination, v.359, p. 22-25 | Publisher: | Elsevier BV | Place of Publication: | Netherlands | ISSN: | 1873-4464 0011-9164 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 030399 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry not elsewhere classified | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 340399 Macromolecular and materials chemistry not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 961101 Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water for Urban and Industrial Use | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 180306 Measurement and assessment of freshwater quality (incl. physical and chemical conditions of water) 180205 Measurement and assessment of estuarine water quality |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Science and Technology |
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