Physical water treatment using RF electric fields for the mitigation of CaCO3 fouling in cooling water

Leonard D. Tijing; Hang Young Kim; Dong Hwan Lee; Cheol Sang Kim; Young I. Cho

doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.12.009

Physical water treatment using RF electric fields for the mitigation of CaCO₃ fouling in cooling water

Leonard D. Tijing
, Hang Young Kim
, Dong Hwan Lee
, Cheol Sang Kim^*
, Young I. Cho

^*Corresponding author for this work

Mechanical Design Engineering

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Abstract

The present study investigated the feasibility of RF electrical fields in mitigating CaCO₃ fouling in cooling water. Three different voltages and two frequencies were used for the RF electric fields produced directly in water with varying cold-side velocity. Artificial hard water was used. Fouling resistances for the PWT-treated cases decreased by 34-88% from the values for no-treatment cases, depending on the cold-side flow velocity. The results showed blunt crystal structures for the PWT-treated cases, while no-treatment cases had sharp and pointed crystal structures. The new PWT method using RF electric fields presents a valid tool to mitigate CaCO₃ fouling in cooling water.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1426-1437
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume	53
Issue number	7-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.12.009
State	Published - 2010.03

Keywords

CaCO fouling
Fouling resistance
Physical water treatment
RF electric field

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

Engineering - Mechanical
Engineering - Petroleum
Engineering - Chemical
Physics & Astronomy

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