Water-Formed Deposits

Water-Formed Deposits: Fundamentals and Mitigation Strategies wholly presents the important issue of deposits in aqueous systems, both industrial and biological. By analyzing causes, mechanisms and mitigation strategies, the book helps researchers/engineers/end-users gain a fundamental understanding of the issues underlying deposit formation and mitigation. It covers numerous, fundamental aspects of water-formed deposits, while also giving an applications' perspective. The book's goal is to assist the reader in his/her understanding of the important issues of scale formation, while also helping with potential solutions. - Provides a fundamental understanding of deposit formation by presenting basic science and mechanisms
- Presents an "applications perspective
- Reveals a systematic overview of deposit-related challenges and their mitigation
- Correlates structure to performance in mitigation strategies
- Analyzes current legal aspects and regulations
- Includes case studies from the "real industrial world for the industrial reader/end user

Section 1. Fouling and Scaling Fundamentals1. Water-Formed Scales and Deposits: Types, Characteristics, and Relevant Industries2. Water Chemistry and its Role in Industrial Water Systems3. Mechanisms of Scale Formation and Inhibition4. Corrosion inhibitors in cooling water systems KEE5. Microbiologicaly Influenced Corrosion6. Biofouling in Industrial water Systems7. Particulate Matter: Interfacial Properties, Fouling, and its Mitigation8. Calcium phosphates9. Non-Chemical Methods to Control Scales and Deposits10. Silica and metal silicate deposits Section 2. Scaling and Fouling Issues by Industry11. Membrane Based Desalination: Challenges and Solutions12. Cooling Water Systems: An Overview13. Ensuring operation of geothermal plant by chemical additives14. Scales in geothermal power plants15. Equipment Fouling in Dairy Applications16. Scaling in Alkaline Spent Pulping Liquor Evaporators17. Advanced corrosion and deposit control in steam generators18. Thermal Distillation: Current Challenges19. Recent Developments in Oil Field Scale Control20. Asphaltenes (Quartz Crystal Microbalance)21. Scale Control in Sugar Evaporators22. Advanced corrosion and deposit control in steam generators23. Deposit Formation in the Automotive Coolant Industrty Section 3. Biological, Environmental, and Home Care24. Perspectives on Scale Control for Home Care in a Post Phosphate World25. Tartar and Plaque Control26. Control of composite oilfield scales and deposits27. Detergents/Home care28. Calcification of Biomaterials29. Biofouling Prevention30. Removal of Toxic Materials from Aqueous Streams Section 4. Systems Support and Maintenance31. Global Water Issues32. Legionella: Causes, Cases, and Mitigation33. Current and Upcoming US Regulations Impacting Water Treatment34. Understanding REACH and iits Impact on Water Treatment Industry35. Economical Aspects of Scales, Corrosion, and Fouling36. Industrial Water Systems: Procedures, Calculations, and Chemicals Monitoring37. Scale Deposits Removal/Dissolution38. Fluorscent Tagged Polymers39. Deposit Control Polymers in Waer Treatment Appliations40. Phosphonate inhibitors: Types, Solution Chemistry, and Applications41. Biocides: Selection and Applications42. Surface science techniques for understanding corrosion processes43. Polyelctrolytes for Wastewater Application