Scaling risk assessment in a closed circuit recycled board mill by speciation methods

TAPPI Journal ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
PATRICK HUBER ◽  
SYLVIE NIVELON ◽  
PATRICE NORTIER
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Stability Index ◽  
Closed Circuit ◽  
Critical Problem ◽  
Local Scaling ◽  
Water Analyses ◽  
Closed Water ◽  
Speciation Calculation

Calcium carbonate scaling often is a critical problem for recycled board mills that have closed water circuits. The objective of this study was to determine local scaling risks throughout the production process. To predict scaling potential, we calculated several saturation indexes, based on speciation determined from detailed water analyses. Calculated scaling trends are in accordance with observed dissolution and precipitation of calcium carbonate in the process, when considering local aeration phenomena. The importance of volatile fatty acids (resulting from anaerobic bacterial activity) in calco-carbonic equilibriums is discussed, and taken into account in the speciation calculation. We also demonstrate the need to measure inorganic carbon instead of alkalinity in such conditions. This makes typical scaling indexes, such as the Ryznar Stability Index, irrelevant to predict scaling risk in closed circuit conditions; thus, it is necessary to use general speciation methods, as described in this paper.

scholarly journals A Simple and Accurate Approach for Determining the VFA Concentration in Anaerobic Digestion Liquors, Relying on Two Titration Points and an External Inorganic Carbon Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Paz Nativ ◽  
Yonatan Gräber ◽  
Yaron Aviezer ◽  
Ori Lahav
Keyword(s):  
Partial Pressure ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Strong Acid ◽  
Direct Analysis ◽  
Anaerobic Digesters ◽  
Acid Titration ◽  
Partial Pressure Of Co2 ◽  
Ph Range

A new analytic approach is presented for determining the total volatile fatty acids (VFAT) concentration in anaerobic digesters. The approach relies on external determination of the inorganic carbon concentration (CT) in the analyzed solution, along with two strong-acid titration points. The CT concentration can be determined by either a direct analysis (e.g., by using a TOC device) or by estimating it from the recorded partial pressure of CO2(g) in the biogas (often a routine analysis in anaerobic digesters). The titration is carried out to pH 5.25 and then to pH 4.25. The two titration results are plugged into an alkalinity-mass-based equation and then the two terms are subtracted from each other to yield an equation in which VFAT is the sole unknown (since CT is known and the effect of the total orthophosphate and ammonia concentrations is shown to be small at this pH range). The development of the algorithm and its verification on four anaerobic reactor liquors is presented, on both the raw water and on acetic acid-spiked samples. The results show the method to be both accurate (up to 2.5% of the expected value for VFAT/Alkalinity >0.2) and repetitive when the total orthophosphate and ammonia concentrations are known, and fairly accurate (±5% for VFAT >5 mM) when these are completely neglected. PHREEQC-assisted computation of CT from the knowledge of the partial pressure of CO2(g) in the biogas (and pH, EC and temperature in the liquor) resulted in a very good estimation of the CT value (±3%), indicating that this technique is adequate for the purpose of determining VFAT for alarming operators in case of process deterioration and imminent failure.

MARINE BIOGENIC CARBONATES AND RADIOCARBON—A RETROSPECTIVE ON SHELLS AND CORALS WITH AN OUTLOOK ON CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Radiocarbon ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Susanne Lindauer ◽  
Carla S Hadden ◽  
Kita Macario ◽  
Thomas P Guilderson
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Annual Growth ◽  
Environmental Research ◽  
Climate Research ◽  
Marine Carbonates ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Biogenic Carbonates

ABSTRACT Many organisms living in the ocean create tests, shells, or related physical structures of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). As this is most often from dissolved inorganic carbon, using organisms that create calcium carbonate structures for climate research and dating purposes requires knowledge of the origin of carbon that is incorporated. Here, we give a short overview of research on marine carbonates over the last 60 years, especially that based on shell and coral samples. Both shells and corals exhibit annual growth patterns, like trees, and therefore offer possibilities for yearly resolution of past radiocarbon (14C) variations. We concentrate on their evolution in 14C dating including difficulties in determining reservoir ages as well as the possibilities they offer for archaeological dating, oceanography, calibration purposes as well as environmental research in general.

scholarly journals Impact of seawater <i>p</i>CO<sub>2</sub> on calcification and Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios in benthic foraminifera calcite: results from culturing experiments with <i>Ammonia tepida</i>

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Dissard ◽  
G. Nehrke ◽  
G. J. Reichart ◽  
J. Bijma
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Planktonic Foraminifera ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Precipitated Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Shell Weight ◽  
Dissolved Carbon

Abstract. Evidence of increasing concentrations of dissolved carbon dioxide, especially in the surface ocean and its associated impacts on calcifying organisms, is accumulating. Among these organisms, benthic and planktonic foraminifera are responsible for a large amount of the globally precipitated calcium carbonate. Hence, their response to an acidifying ocean may have important consequences for future inorganic carbon cycling. To assess the sensitivity of benthic foraminifera to changing carbon dioxide levels and subsequent alteration in seawater carbonate chemistry, we cultured specimens of the shallow water species Ammonia tepida at two concentrations of atmospheric CO2 (230 and 1900 ppmv) and two temperatures (10 °C and 15 °C). Shell weights and elemental compositions were determined. Impact of high and low pCO2 on elemental composition are compared with results of a previous experiment were specimens were grown under ambient conditions (380 ppvm, no shell weight measurements of specimen grown under ambient conditions are, however, available). Results indicate that shell weights decrease with decreasing [CO32−], although calcification was observed even in the presence of calcium carbonate under-saturation, and also decrease with increasing temperature. Thus both warming and ocean acidification may act to decrease shell weights in the future. Changes in [CO32−] or total dissolved inorganic carbon do not affect the Mg distribution coefficient. On the contrary, Sr incorporation is enhanced under increasing [CO32−]. Implications of these results for the paleoceanographic application of foraminifera are discussed.

scholarly journals Calcium Carbonate Scale Formation, Prediction and Treatment (Case Study Gumry Oilfield-PDOC)

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 47-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Saifelnasr ◽  
M. Bakheit ◽  
K. Kamal ◽  
A. Lila
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Produced Water ◽  
Saturation Index ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Stability Index ◽  
Scale Formation ◽  
Injection Process ◽  
Langelier Saturation Index ◽  
Calcium Carbonate Scale

In this study the predictions and probabilities of calcium carbonate scale formation and corrosion occurrence inside Gumry Field Process Facilities (GFPF) and produced water injection process units (PWTP) was carried out. This was done calculating the Langelier Saturation Index (LSI), Ryznar Stability Index (RSI), Puckorius Scaling Index (PSI). The samples results for LSI index and PSI index were compared and found that all samples under threaten of calcium carbonate scale. The samples results for RSI index and found that all samples under formation of heavy calcium carbonate scale. Special excel computer program was designed to calculate the (LSI, RSI, PSI). The scale was cleaned and removed by 10% diluted hydrochloric acid and commercial scale inhibitor.

A physiological evaluation of carbon sources for calcification in the octocoral Leptogorgia virgulata (Lamarck).

1997 ◽  
Vol 200 (20) ◽  
pp. 2653-2662
Author(s):  
J M Lucas ◽  
L W Knapp
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Carbonic Anhydrase ◽  
Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Iodoacetic Acid ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Disulfonic Acid ◽  
Leptogorgia Virgulata

The union of calcium cations with carbonate anions to form calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is a fundamentally important physiological process of many marine invertebrates, in particular the corals. In an effort to understand the sources and processes of carbon uptake and subsequent deposition as calcium carbonate, a series of studies of the incorporation of 14C-labeled compounds into spicules was undertaken using the soft coral Leptogorgia virgulata. It has been surmised for some time that dissolved inorganic carbon in sea water is used in the biomineralization process. Furthermore, it was suspected that metabolically generated CO2 is also available for calcification. As a means of testing these possible sources of carbon in spicule calcification, key enzymes or transport systems in each pathway were inhibited. First, the enzyme carbonic anhydrase was specifically inhibited using acetazolamide. Second, the active transport of bicarbonate was inhibited using DIDS (4,4'-diisothiocyanato-stilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid). Third, CO2 generation resulting from glycolysis and the citric acid cycle was arrested using iodoacetic acid, which interferes specifically with the enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. The results indicate that dissolved CO2 is the largest source of carbon used in the formation of calcitic sclerites, followed by HCO3- from dissolved inorganic carbon. In L. virgulata, the dissolved inorganic carbon is responsible for approximately 67% of the carbon in the sclerites. The other 33% comes from CO2 generated by glycolysis. Two important conclusions can be drawn from this work. First, carbon for spiculogenesis comes not only from dissolved inorganic carbon in the environment but also from metabolically produced carbon dioxide. While the latter has been theorized, it has never before been demonstrated in octocorals. Second, regardless of the carbon source, the enzyme carbonic anhydrase plays a pivotal role in the physiology of spicule formation in Leptogorgia virgulata.

Mesoporous silica supported CeO2/Cellulose cathode catalyst for efficient bioelectrochemical reduction of inorganic carbon to biofuels

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dayakar Thatikayala ◽  
Deepak Pant ◽  
Booki Min
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Mesoporous Silica ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Cathode Catalyst ◽  
Single Chamber ◽  
Microbial Electrosynthesis ◽  
Cathode Electrode

In this study, a novel efficient cathode electrode was fabricated to convert inorganic carbon to volatile fatty acids (VFAs) through microbial electrosynthesis (MES) in a single chamber reactor. The cathode...

A source of error in the estimation of the organic matter content of samples containing calcium carbonate

1972 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 541-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. D. DeB. Hovell ◽  
E. R. Ørskov
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Organic Matter Content ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Carbonate Content ◽  
Apparent Digestibility ◽  
High Calcium ◽  
The Difference

The conventional method for the determination of the organic matter content of diets and faeces is by ashing the sample at 550 °C (A.O.A.C, 1965)Organic matter (O.M.) = dry matter (D.M.)–ash.If the sample contains calcium carbonate, then some of this carbonate will be converted to oxide (Vogel, 1951) and the weight of carbon dioxide evolved will be calculated as organic matter. The amount of carbonate converted will be dependent upon the temperature at which the sample is ashed and the duration of the ashing process. We have found (Ørskov, Hovell & Allen, 1966; Hovell & Greenhalgh, 1972) that when calcium salts of volatile fatty acids are included in diets given to sheep, most of the calcium is excreted in the faeces as carbonate, and since apparent digestibility is the difference between the amounts of nutrient ingested and excreted, the estimation of the apparent digestibility of organic matter will be in error if no correction is made for the high calcium carbonate content of the faeces. For example, a diet which contained 9·2% of calcium acetate had a true organic matterapparent digestibility of 86·8%. Had no correction been made this would have been estimated as 84·9%.

Dissipation of Permethrin in Limnocorrals

1985 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. R. Solomon ◽  
J. Y. Yoo ◽  
D. Lean ◽  
N. K. Kaushik ◽  
K. E. Day ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Water Chemistry ◽  
Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Secchi Disk ◽  
Secchi Disk Depth ◽  
Southern Ontario ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Kinetics ◽  
Rate Of Dissipation

Permethrin (3-phenoxybenzyl(1RS)-cis,trans-3-(2,2-dimethy[-3-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyciopropanecarboxylate) applied to approximately 100-m3 enclosures (limnocorrals) in a small mesotrophic lake in Southern Ontario (47°51′25″N; 77°25′30″W) at concentrations of 500, 50, 5, and 0.5 μ∙L−1 dissipated from the water rapidly and approximated first-order kinetics in the first 8–12 d. Time taken for 50 and 90% dissipation ranged from 1.65 and 3.65 d, respectively, at 0.5 μ∙L−1 to 3.5 and 6.75 d, respectively, at 50 μ∙L−1. Inter- and intra-seasonal replication of dissipation patterns was good. Rate of dissipation varied slightly with depth, normally being slower at greater depth. Absorption of permethrin to sediments was rapid, penetration shallow, and disappearance slow. Permethrin had no effect on water chemistry but there was an increase in the Secchi disk depth in the treated limnocorrals. Dissolved inorganic carbon decreased in all limnocorrals, including controls after treatment, suggesting precipitation of calcium carbonate which may act as a scavenging agent for permethrin in the water. Limnocorrals are a useful tool for evaluating the behavior of pesticides in the aquatic system.

scholarly journals AVALIAÇÃO DA QUALIDADE E TRATAMENTO DAS ÁGUAS SUBTERRÂNEAS PARA IRRIGAÇÃO EM JAÍBA E JANAÚBA – PRECIPITAÇÃO QUÍMICA E CORROSÃO

Irriga ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-347
Author(s):  
Moises Santiago Ribeiro ◽  
Fabio Henrique de Souza Faria ◽  
Luiz Antonio Lima ◽  
Silvanio Rodrigues dos Santos ◽  
Marina Rosa de Jesus
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Saturation Index ◽  
Stability Index ◽  
Chemical Precipitation ◽  
Underground Water ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Calcium Carbonate Precipitation ◽  
Micro Irrigation

AVALIAÇÃO DA QUALIDADE E TRATAMENTO DAS ÁGUAS SUBTERRÂNEAS PARA IRRIGAÇÃO EM JAÍBA E JANAÚBA – PRECIPITAÇÃO QUÍMICA E CORROSÃO   Moisés Santiago Ribeiro1; Fábio Henrique de Souza Faria2; Luiz Antônio Lima1;Silvânio Rodrigues dos Santos2; Marina Rosa de Jesus31Departamento de Engenharia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, [email protected] de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Janaúba, MG3Graduanda em Geografia, Instituto Superior de Educação de Janaúba, Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais, Janaúba, MG  1 RESUMO A qualidade inferior das águas subterrâneas e a adoção de sistemas localizados de irrigação agravam os problemas de obstruções dos equipamentos. A avaliação da qualidade das águas com relação a precipitações e corrosão é fundamental para seu uso e manejo. Objetivou-se neste trabalho avaliar a qualidade das águas subterrâneas dos municípios de Janaúba e Jaíba com relação a estes problemas, utilizando o banco de dados de análises de águas do Centro Tecnológico Norte de Minas (CTNM), da Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais (EPAMIG), referente ao período de 1993 a2006. Foram analisadas as características físico-químicas das águas: pH, CE, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, HCO3-  e CO32- e calculados o índice de saturação do carbonato de cálcio (IS), índice de estabilidade (IE) e cálcio corrigido (Caº). Foram estimados o volume de ácido fosfórico (H3PO4) e clorídrico (HCl) para neutralização da alcalinidade da água em quimigação sistemática, a fim de evitar precipitação de CaCO3. Elevados teores de HCO3-, severamente restritivos, foram verificados em mais de 63% dos poços amostrados. Isto, associado à alta relação Ca2+/Mg2+, indica o precipitante sob a forma de CaCO3. Pelos valores médios de IS pouco acima de 0,3, e de 6,0 para IE, evidencia-se o caráter precipitante em mais de 85% das águas analisadas, porém próximo da neutralidade. Incrustações podem ser evitadas pela aplicação de HCl e H3PO4 em quimigação sistemática nas quantidades médias de 1,0 e 0,3 L m-3, respectivamente, para os municípios de Janaúba e Jaíba. UNITERMOS: carbonato de cálcio, pH, poço tubular, irrigação, entupimentos  RIBEIRO, M. S.; FARIA, F. H. de S.; LIMA, L. A. L.;SANTOS, S. R. dos; JESUS, M. R. de. EVALUATION OF UNDERGROUND WATER QUALITY FOR IRRIGATION IN JAÍBA AND JANAÚBA, MG, BRAZIL – CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION AND CORROSION  2 ABSTRACT The lower quality of groundwater and the adoption of micro irrigation systems make chemical obstructions of  systems possible. Water quality evaluation regarding precipitation and corrosion is crucial for its use and management. The objective of this work was to evaluate groundwater quality in the towns of Janaúba and Jaíba using water analysis database from CTNM/EPAMIG from 1993 to 2006. The following physical and chemical characteristics were analyzed: pH, EC, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, HCO3- and CO32 calcium carbonate saturation index (SR), stability index (SI) and corrected calcium (Caº). The volume of phosphoric and hydrochloric acid necessary for neutralization of water alkalinity through systematic chemigation was estimated to avoid calcium carbonate precipitation. High levels of severely restrictive bicarbonate were found in more than 63% of the sampled wells. This, added to high Ca2+/Mg2+ relation, indicates the precipitate in the form of calcium carbonate. SR values a little over 0.3and 6.0 for SI show the precipitating potential in more than 85% of the analyzed water samples, but close to neutrality. Incrustations can be avoided through application of phosphoric and hydrochloric acid through continuous injection in amounts varying from 1.0 to 0.3  L.m-3, respectively, for the towns of Janaúba and Jaíba. KEYWORDS: calcium carbonate, pH, well, irrigation, clogging

scholarly journals Meteoric water contribution to sea ice formation and its control of the surface water carbonate cycle on the Wandel Sea shelf, northeastern Greenland

Elem Sci Anth ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas-Xavier Geilfus ◽  
Kathleen Munson ◽  
Marcos Lemes ◽  
Feiyue Wang ◽  
Jean-Louis Tison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Sea Ice ◽  
Water Column ◽  
Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Meteoric Water ◽  
Ice Cover ◽  
Total Alkalinity ◽  
Carbonate Minerals ◽  
Glacial Meltwater

An influx of glacial meltwater has the ability to alter the properties of marine surface waters and their ability to exchange CO2 through changes to water column stratification and the inorganic carbon system. Here, we report how inputs of meteoric water affect the physical and biogeochemical properties of both the water column and the sea ice cover on the Wandel Sea shelf, northeastern Greenland, during spring 2015. The observed depleted δ18O–H2O in the water column, with surface water values as low as –16.3 ‰, suggests a strong input of meteoric water (i.e., water derived from atmospheric precipitation). Depleted δ18O–H2O observed within sea ice (from –21.5 to –8.0 ‰) reflects its formation from surface water that was already depleted isotopically. In addition, a thick snow cover, as present during the study, promotes the formation of snow ice as well as insulates the ice cover. Within sea ice, the resulting relatively warm temperature and low salinity impedes ikaite formation. However, measurements of total dissolved inorganic carbon and total alkalinity indicate that, in both sea ice and the water column, the dissolution of calcium carbonate was the main process affecting the carbonate system. This finding suggests that inputs of glacial meltwater deliver glacier-derived carbonate minerals to the ocean which become incorporated within the ice structure, increasing calcium carbonate dissolution in the water column in the absence of ikaite precipitation within the sea ice. If widespread in glacial-fed waters, bedrock carbonate minerals could increase CO2 sequestration in glacial catchments despite the weakening of the sea ice carbon pump.

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