Chap 8 Flashcards
8.1a. Capex
Capital expense
8.1a. Opex
operational expense
choice of operations is based on the smallest (capex + opex) per L of water produced
8.2c. 3 methods used to manage scale by removal of ions
-IX (ion exchange)
-NF (Nano filtration) high capital cost, used with space restricted applications (off shore rigs)
-LS (lime softening) - first line of attack, depending on temps of feedwater
+Cold (cold river water)
+Warm(70 - 90C)
+Hot( above 100C)
8.3b. Lime is prefer than caustic soda (NaOH)
Lime is $70/T
Caustic Soda is $450/T
8.3b II. reaction shows Adding lime removing calcium hardness
CaO + H2O
Ca(OH)2 + Ca(HCO3)2 =CaCO3 + H2O
8.3j. Figure from Betz
Why water recirculated
Kinetic Energy ( parameters: Temps, [reactants], catalyst, surface) Improve the contact of sludge btw unprecipitated and precipitated carbonates so as to speed up the preciitaition process.
8.4c. i. WAC can be regenerated with acid but a SAC can not
WAC: weak acid cation exchange columns
SAC: Strong acid cation exchange columns
When pH
8.4c. ii. WAC regenerated with HCL then NAOH
HCl is corrosive and so NaOH is used to remove in this controlled way
8.2b 2 ways of additives used to prevent the scaling
Crystal Modifiers
chelating agents
8.3a. Equilibrium concentrations of Ca2+ as hardness that can be expected with hot and cold lime softening
Cold lime 35 - 50 mg/l CaCO3
HLS: 10 -20 mg/l CaCO3
8.3c. reactions show how slaked lime reacts with CO2
Ca(HCO3)2 Mg(HCO3)2
+ CO2 = CaCO3 + H2O
+ Ca(HCO3)2 = 2CaCO3 + H2O
+ Mg(HCO3)2 = Mg(OH)2 + 2CaCO3 + H2O
8.3d. Reactions:Ca(HCO3)2 + Ca(OH)2 -> 2CaCO3 + H2O
slaked lime does not precipitate the hardness (Ca2+). the OH- from the slaked lime convert HCO3 (organic) to CO3 (inorganic)
- 3d Reactions: Lime soda softening involved in
a. Na2CO3 is used to remove Permanent Ca Hardness
b. Na2CO3 used to remove permanent Mg Hardness
-CaSO4 + Na2CO3 = CaCO3 + Na2SO4
CaCl2 + Na2CO3 = CaCO3 + 2NaCl
-MgSO4 + Ca(OH)2 + Na2CO3 = Mg(OH)2 + CaCO3 + 2Na2SO4
MgCl2 + Ca(OH)2 + Na2CO3 = Mg(OH)2 + CaCO3 + 2NaCl
8.3e. factors that affect the solubility of hardness ions
- the ions present
- the pH
- the temp
8.3f. Four ways along w chem used to keep opex minimum
E + Ca2 + HCO3 + OH- = CaCO3 + H2O
- used Slaked lime (Ca(OH)2
- reuse waste heat
- keep pH high to prevent producing HCO3
- Source of OH-: Na2AL2O4 -> 2NaOH + 2 Al(OH)3