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Optimizing Scale Inhibition Costs in Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plants

From American Water Chemicals, Inc.

Over the last few decades, advancements in technology and engineering design have allowed for the construction of reverse osmosis (RO) plants with increased production capacities that could operate at reasonable energy costs. Yet the portion of the operating cost related to consumable scale inhibition chemicals has not changed dramatically due to the disregard by the water treatment community for emerging scale inhibition technologies. The result has been the consumption of enormous quantities of sulfuric acid unnecessarily increasing pretreatment, post-treatment and brine disposal costs.

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