R.E. Talbot

TL;DR: In this paper, the precipitation of calcium carbonate has been studied in the absence and presence of hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors trace the development of desalination scale inhibitors from early polyphosphate based formulations through to the latest high temperature additives, with special reference to the changing demands made on the additives.

TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that a plant will come to different steady values of fouling which change reversibly with specific changes in operating conditions can only be sensibly explained by a two-step process of deposition and subsequent removal.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors quantify the thermodynamic driving force for the formation of alkaline scales by a consideration of saturation pH values for the various scaling species, and demonstrate scaling potential profiles, using this concept, demonstrate how the driving force may be measured at various points in the unvented sections of an operating MSF plant.

TL;DR: In this paper, two techniques are described which have been successfully applied to a number of plants not fitted with ball cleaning and originally designed to operate with acid treatment at top brine temperatures up to 120°C.