Combating scaling in industrial environments
Scaling process and its inhibition in industrial water systems
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Combating scaling in industrial environments
Scaling process and its inhibition in industrial water systems

Authors : Amaury BUVIGNIER, Hélène CHEAP-CHARPENTIER, Fabrice CHAUSSEC, Guénolé CHAUSSEC

Publication date: April 10, 2023 | Lire en français

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3. Combating scaling in industrial environments

3.1 Upstream treatments

Since limescale is mainly due to the precipitation of calcium with carbonate, if one of the two compounds is removed from the medium, limescale cannot form. That's what upstream treatments are all about.

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3.1.1 Softening

Softening uses cationic resins to remove calcium and magnesium from water by ion exchange. This is the most widely used method in industrial environments.

The hard water passes over a bed of cationic resins (R), which exchange calcium...

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