Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3414
Title: Assessment of an Intrinsic Optical Fiber Sensor for 'in situ' Monitoring of Scale-Forming Salts
Contributor(s): Wallace, Andrew (author); Boerkamp, Martijn (author); Lye, Peter  (author)orcid ; Lamb, David  (author); Doherty, William Orlando (author); Fellows, Christopher  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2008
DOI: 10.1021/ie070872a
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3414
Abstract: An exposed fiber core (EFC) method employing poly(methyl methacrylate) optical fibers was used to monitor the formation of calcium oxalate monohydrate scale under laboratory conditions using the phenomenon whereby development of a high-refractive-index scale coating on the fiber surface attenuated the guided radiation in the fiber core. Formation of scale on the optical fibers was verified by scanning electron microscopy. The results obtained by this method were comparable to results obtained from turbidity and conductivity measurements, but whereas these latter methods rely on phenomena in the bulk that might or might not be relevant to the kinetics of scaling per se, the optical fiber method directly interrogates phenomena at the solid/liquid interface.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 47(4), p. 1066-1070
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1520-5045
0888-5885
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 030107 Sensor Technology (Chemical aspects)
030603 Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 861501 Industrial Instruments
850703 Industrial Energy Conservation and Efficiency
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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