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Calcium sulfate precipitation studies with fluorescent-tagged scale inhibitor for cooling water systems

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This study focuses on the effect of a water-soluble copolymer, acrylic acid–oxalic acid–allylpolyethoxy carboxylate–8-hydroxy-1,3,6-pyrene trisulfonic acid trisodium salt (pyranine) (AA–APEM–APTA). APEM and APTA were copolymerized with acrylic acid (AA) to synthesize APTA tagged no phosphate and nitrogen-free calcium sulfate inhibitor AA–APEM–APTA. Structures of AA–APEM–APTA were evaluated by FT-IR and 1H-NMR, and oxalic acid, APEG and APEM by C13-NMR. The observation shows that the dosage of AA–APEM–APTA plays an important role in CaSO4 inhibition. The performance of copolymer on inhibition of CaSO4 precipitation was compared with that of current commercial inhibitors. It was shown that the copolymer exhibited excellent ability to control inorganic minerals, with approximately 96 % CaSO4 inhibition. The relationship between AA–APEM–APTA’s fluorescent intensity and its dosage was studied. The correlation coefficient R 2 of AA–APEM–APTA is 0.9999. The effect on formation of CaSO4 was investigated with a combination of scanning electronic microscopy and transmission electron microscope analysis. AA–APEM–APTA can be used safely in cooling water systems.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Prospective Joint Research Project of Jiangsu Province (BY2012196); the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51077013); special funds for Jiangsu Province Scientific and Technological Achievements Projects of China (BA2011086); the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities; Scientific Innovation Research Foundation of College Graduate in Jiangsu Province (CXLX13-107); program for Training of 333 High-Level Talent, Jiangsu Province of China (BRA2010033); and the Scientific Research Foundation of Graduate School of Southeast University (YBJJ1418).

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  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, People’s Republic of China

    Huchuan Wang, Yuming Zhou & Qingzhao Yao

  2. Jiangsu Optoelectronic Functional Materials and Engineering Laboratory, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, People’s Republic of China

    Yuming Zhou & Qingzhao Yao

  3. Jianghai Environmental Protection Co., Ltd, Changzhou, 213116, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

    Wei Sun

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Wang, H., Zhou, Y., Yao, Q. et al. Calcium sulfate precipitation studies with fluorescent-tagged scale inhibitor for cooling water systems. Polym. Bull. 72, 2171–2188 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-015-1396-2

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