Technique to determine anti-scalants efficiency for industrial cooling water system

Abstract

Techniques, presently used for the measurement of the efficiency of anti-scalants for industrial cooling water do not provide reproducible results, are time consuming and difficult to perform. It is also not possible using these techniques to find the efficiency of anti-scalants in actual cooling water. A problem is faced by industries in finding the optimum concentration of the anti-scalants in a cooling water of particular composition as the efficiency of the anti-scalants depends on the quality of cooling water. Consequently, the dose of the anti-scalant required in the cooling water system, is not possible to ascertain. A technique based on theoretical considerations has been reported herein, which not only provides reproducible results but is also easy and quick to perform using actual cooling water.