Ion Exchange Softening and Alkalization Treatment for Zerodischarge of Circulating Cooling Water

Abstract

In order to solve the problems including pipe corrosion, scaling and microbial growth, which severely threat safe op-eration of circulating cooling water system, this paper proposes ion exchange softening and alkalization process to solve these problems and carries out a series of studies to study the feasibility of ion exchange softening and alkaliza-tion process in the simulation process of circulating cooling water system. The studies include product water quality of ion exchange softening and alkalization process, effect on the performance of carbon steel and brass, and the inhibition that suppresses microbial growth. The results indicate that ion exchange softening and alkalization process is feasible to prevent the circulating cooling water system from scaling, pipe corrosion, and microbial growth without any other chemicals. Thus circulating cooling water system can achieve zerodischarge of wastewater.

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H. Zeng, J. Lin, C. Ye, L. Tong, X. Chen and F. Yu, "Ion Exchange Softening and Alkalization Treatment for Zerodischarge of Circulating Cooling Water," Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2009, pp. 6-10. doi: 10.4236/jemaa.2009.11002.

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