Experimental study of using Ca-DTPMP nanoparticles in inhibition of CaCO₃ scaling in a bulk water process

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• 作者：Zahra Kiaei ; Ali Haghtalab ; ^{haghtala@modares.ac.ir" class="auth_mail}
• 关键词：Nano ; Calcium carbonate ; Scale inhibition ; Calcium phosphonate ; Ca-DTPMP
• 刊名：Desalination
• 出版年：1 April, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：338
• 期：Complete
• 页码：84-92
• 全文大小：1966 K

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Nano-metal-phosphonates are used as an inhibitor to prevent scale formation in water processes such as water desalination and in porous media inhibition processes using sea water. The use of such inhibitors in all mineral scale inhibition applications is proposed because of their better inhibitory effects. The nano-Ca-DTPMP (nano-calcium-diethylenetriamine penta(methylenephosphonate)) particles are synthesized and utilized in CaCO₃ scaling inhibition experiments. The precipitation/inhibition curves were obtained through the online electrochemical measurement of Ca^2 + concentration and pH against time. Moreover, the Field Emission Electron Microscopy (FESEM) analysis of the CaCO₃ formation precipitates is carried out to study the crystal shape and morphology changes. The results show that nano-Ca-DTPMP inhibitors delay the precipitation of CaCO₃, decelerate the Ca^2 + and pH reduction and increase the final Ca^2 + concentration in the bulk solution. This occurred because of inhibitor particles interfering into the calcite crystals and significantly changing the shape and morphology that is confirmed by the FESEM images of the precipitate formation. The inhibition effect enhances by increasing inhibitor concentration from 5.6 to 11.2 ppm. It is found that at the same concentrations, the inhibition influence of the nano-Ca-DTPMP on the calcite precipitation is effectively more than that of both micro-Ca-DTPMP and the commercial DTPMP.