Chemical formulation and combined process for inhibiting deposition and corrosion in cooling water and gypsum scaling in flue gas desulfurization scrubber systems
A combined cooling water/flue gas desulfurization process is described comprising: (a) contacting a gas with water in a cooling tower the gas having a lower temperature than the water such that upon contact the water is cooled by the transfer of thermal energy from the water to the gas. The water comprising between about 0.2 and about 100 ppm active by weight of an inhibitor formulation comprising polyacrylate, polymaleic anhydride, and phosphonate; (b) contacting a sulfur-containing gas with reagent slurry in a flue gas desulfurizer thereby desulfurizing the sulfur containing gas; and (c) supplying at least a portion of the water from the cooling tower to make up at least a portion of wash water in the desulfurizer, the water being supplied in an amount sufficient to maintain between about 0.01 and about 20 ppm active by weight of the inhibitor formulation in the reagent wash water.
- Assignee:
- Nalco Chemical Co., Naperville, IL
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4834955
- OSTI ID:
- 5718303
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 26 Apr 1988
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COOLING TOWERS
CORROSION PROTECTION
CORROSION INHIBITORS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
FLUE GAS
DESULFURIZATION
SCRUBBERS
ACRYLATES
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ANHYDRIDES
GYPSUM
INHIBITION
MALEIC ACID
PHOSPHONATES
WATER
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CALCIUM SULFATES
CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONTROL
DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS
EQUIPMENT
GASEOUS WASTES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
MINERALS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
SULFATE MINERALS
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TOWERS
WASTES
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