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14. Approaches Towards Scale Control in Desalination

Authors : Ashish Kapoor, Sivaraman Prabhakar

Published in: Corrosion and Fouling Control in Desalination Industry

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Scale control is essential for the economic operation of desalination plants. Formation of scale depends on the feed characteristics, desalination methodology and operating conditions. The approach could be the removal of scaling components or preventing them from forming the scale by binding them in some form. This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of preventive scale control approaches in desalination. The preventive strategies are briefed under three sections, namely chemical, physical and physicochemical. In each section, several important methods discussed. Recent developments of scale control based on nanotechnology and magnetic and electrochemical methods briefed. A short account on scaling in non-conventional desalination systems such as forward osmosis and membrane distillation is also provided.

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Title: Approaches Towards Scale Control in Desalination
Authors: Ashish Kapoor
Sivaraman Prabhakar
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Corrosion and Fouling Control in Desalination Industry
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-34283-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-34284-5

Copyright Year: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34284-5_14

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