Enhanced water management using bromine chemistry

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6999753

Sergent, R H

This paper focuses on bromine chemistry and some of its unique properties, with regard to providing solutions to new and changing problems. Bromine Chemistry offers many unique properties for enhancing a water management program. Regardless of the method used to generate a residual, hypobromous acid delivers faster kill rates than an equimolar concentration of hypochlorous acid at an elevated pH or in the presence of ammonia or nitrogenous materials. In addition, the faster degradation of most bromine compounds relative to their chlorinated analogs increases the environmental acceptability of most brominated effluents relative to chlorination. Based on these advantages, the application of bromine chemistry to water treatment requirements has moved out of the speculative research phase and has moved into the sphere of a practical, commercial reality.

• Research Organization: Great Lakes Chemical Corp., P.O. Box 2200, West Lafayette, IN 47906
• OSTI ID: 6999753
• Report Number(s): CONF-860169-
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual meeting of the Cooling Tower Institute, Houston, TX, USA, 27 Jan 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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AMMONIA
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BROMINE
CHLORINE
CHROMATES
COOLING SYSTEMS
CORROSION INHIBITORS
COST
MICROORGANISMS
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PHENOLS
POLLUTION CONTROL
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SEWAGE
THERMAL EFFLUENTS
US EPA
WATER
WATER CHEMISTRY
WATER RECLAMATION
AROMATICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS
CONTROL
DECOMPOSITION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
HALOGENS
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
REGULATIONS
TOWERS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
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WASTES
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