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Water Scale And Sedimentation Removal
System
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Scale is a coating or precipitate deposited on surfaces that are
in contact with hard water.
Water that
contains carbonates or bicarbonates of calcium or magnesium is
especially likely to cause scale. When water is heated or evaporation
takes place, scale minerals precipitate layers of rocklike deposits
inside pipes, water heaters, equipment, and on fixtures and
glassware.
While most common scale is a result of calcium
carbonate, other combinations of ions commonly found in water
offer a variety of scale.
Water Scale deposits interfere with heat
exchangers and reduce their efficiency by insulating the heat transfer
surfaces. The most common form of scale in cooling water systems is
calcium carbonate (CaC03). In the water, calcium ions combine with
bicarbonate to form calcium bicarbonate: (Ca++)+(2HCO)
Ca(HCO3)2.
If Water Scale deposits are left to
accumulate, water flow is restricted and piping and heat exchanger
tubes become plugged. Ultimately, ignoring scale depositions can lead
to the destruction and possible failure of heat exchanger tubes. In
addition to loss of efficiency, process contamination can
occur.
 Water
Scale is most visually evident as hard white to off white
deposits which buildup in faucets, showerheads and
drains.
Water Scale
leaves deposits on dishes, glassware, sinks, countertops and on
vehicles that were just washed. Most Water Scale formations are hard
and very difficult to clean. Visual references also include fixtures
such as toilets, bathtubs, showers and appliances like coffee and
icemakers.
Swimming pools and spas can experience
scale build up on tile and pump equipment. Cooling towers have
tremendous scale problems that causes industries alone a billion
dollars a year to remove.
Evaporative coolers, boilers, car washes,
irrigation systems, processing equipment, paper pulp mills all
experience Water Scale problems. Because Water Scale forms a "coating"
it can significantly effect thermo-transfer and reduce the flow of
fluids. The increase of fuel cost due to scale build-up is
astronomical.
Water borne sedimentation i.e. Scale, rust, lime,
mud and silica that builds up in the waterside of your equipment
causes Billions of dollars in losses to industries in breakdowns,
unplanned shutdowns, process contamination, high product reject rate,
expensive parts replacements etc..
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Before and after treatment with
Dynamic Descaler
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Industrial Acids e.g.
Phosphoric Acid, Sulfuric Acid, Barium
Nitrate, Glycine Acid
etc..
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Last but not least -
replacement of the
equipment!
None
of the above are effective, some are even
damaging to the equipment, in that some of these
methods can only bring the equipment back to
optimum operating efficiencies by compromising
downtime, and the integrity of the
equipment.
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Inhibitors - scale,
rust, algae, bacteria
Some
of the above methods are effective
in
SLOWING DOWN the process of scaling and
should be used, BUT it does not remove or totally
prevent sedimentation build
up.
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