Inline monitoring the effect of chemical inhibitor on the calcium carbonate precipitation and agglomeration |
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Authors: | WN Al Nasser FH Al-SalhiMJ Hounslow AD Salman |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield-S1 3JD, UK b Saudi Aramco Company, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia |
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Abstract: | The formation of mineral scale particularly calcium carbonate is a problem for industries ranging from oil and gas to desalination plants. Various techniques have been studied to prevent the formation of scale. The use of chemical inhibitors to prevent calcium carbonate agglomeration is widely studied. The present study attempts to show that the inline monitoring technique is a useful tool for laboratory experimental investigation of agglomeration phenomenon. This method is successful in providing the induction time of starting agglomeration. It was shown that the presence of inhibitor delays the agglomeration and affects the deposition of calcium carbonate.In addition the method is found useful in determining the minimum inhibitor concentration and also to screen various types of inhibitors for the selection. The influence of an inhibitor is studied on scaling solution of various calcium ion concentrations. Finally, the result of inline technique was validated by comparing with the conventional one called offline technique. The SEM images reveal that the mechanism of inhibition might be the surface adsorption or distortion of inhibitor molecules on the growing calcium carbonate crystals. |
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Keywords: | Inline Agglomeration Precipitation of calcium carbonate Scaling Inhibition |
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