Effect of Mg2+Ions on the Nucleation Kinetics of Calcium Sulfate in Concentrated Calcium Chloride Solutions

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 5569-5574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baohong Guan ◽  
Liuchun Yang ◽  
Zhongbiao Wu
Author(s):  
V. V. Shevchuk ◽  
T. N. Potkina ◽  
A. I. Vaitenka ◽  
O. V. Smetanina

The excess of magnesium chloride brines is formed during the polymineral ores processing in order to obtain potassium sulfate. One way to regenerate such brines is to produce artificial carnallite. It is necessary to purify these brines from sulfates for their further use as raw materials for the artificial carnallite production. In this work, the process of desulfurization of magnesium chloride brines with a solution of calcium chloride is studied. The temperature and the processing time, the magnesium chloride solutions concentration and the consumption of desulfurizing agent (calcium chloride) influence on the degree of magnesium chloride solutions purification from sulfate ions was determined. It has been established that almost all sulfate ions interact with calcium ion in 15 minutes and the desulfurization degree reaches 98,08 %. The increase in duration of the suspension mixing is necessary in order to establish equilibrium in the system and relieve the supersaturation in the solution. It has been shown that with increasing solutions saturation with MgCl2, the degree of the magnesium chloride brines purification from SO4 2– ion increases. Complete precipitation of calcium sulfate requires a certain excess concentration of calcium chloride.


1997 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragan Sinadinović ◽  
Željko Kamberović ◽  
Aleksandar Šutić

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. QUINTERO-RAMOS ◽  
M. C. BOURNE ◽  
J. BARNARD ◽  
A. ANZALDÚA-MORALES ◽  
R. GONZÁLEZ-LAREDO ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 381-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jen-Chang Yang ◽  
Hong-Da Wu ◽  
Nai-Chia Teng ◽  
Dian-Yu Ji ◽  
Sheng-Yang Lee

SPE Journal ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 977-988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunfang Fan ◽  
Amy T Kan ◽  
Gongmin Fu ◽  
Mason B Tomson ◽  
Dong Shen

Summary In this study, the nucleation kinetics of calcium sulfate scale formation in the presence and absence of scale inhibitors has been studied. The nucleation kinetics of calcium sulfates in 0–3.2 M NaCl solution was measured from 0 to 200°C at various supersaturation conditions [saturation index (SI) = 0–1.3]. The phase behavior of these various calcium sulfate phases was monitored by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The inhibition study was performed by evaluating the inhibition efficiency of calcium sulfate precipitation at the same supersaturation and temperature ranges as those of the nucleation study. Several polyphosphonate, polymeric, and environmentally friendly inhibitors were found to be effective inhibitors. The study has shown that calcium sulfate scales are very difficult to inhibit at SI > 1. Calcium sulfate scale is inhibited most effectively by hexamethylenediamine tetra(methylene phosphonic acid) (HDTMP) if the saturation index is less than approximately 1.0. In addition, a semiquantitative model to predict precipitation kinetics of calcium sulfate as a function of temperature, pH, SI, and HDTMP concentration is established with experimental results from this study. The effect of methanol and methylene glycol (MEG) on calcium sulfate precipitation kinetics and inhibition is also presented.


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