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International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies
ISSN: 2028-9324     CODEN: IJIABO     OCLC Number: 828807274     ZDB-ID: 2703985-7
 
 
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Reducing Scales and Biofilms in Cooling Towers By using Zeta Potential


[ تقليل التكلسات والشوائب الاحيائية في ابراج التبريد باستخدام جهد زيتا ]

Volume 12, Issue 3, August 2015, Pages 731–739

 Reducing Scales and Biofilms in Cooling Towers By using Zeta Potential

Ali Challoob Khraibet1, Zainab Fouad Nadhem2, Aqeel Kdhum Alwan3, Manar Ahmed Ehmud4, Hayder Jasim Mohammad5, Ali Salim Abed-Alsaad6, and Jaafar Sadeq Murtadha7

1 Ministry of Science and Technology, Environment and Water Directorate, Baghdad, Iraq
2 Ministry of Science and Technology, Environment & Water Research Directorate, Baghdad, Iraq
3 Ministry of Science and Technology, Environment and Water Directorate, Baghdad, Iraq
4 Ministry of Science and Technology, Environment & Water Research Directorate, Baghdad, Iraq
5 Ministry of Science and Technology, Environment & Water Research Directorate, Baghdad, Iraq
6 Ministry of Science and Technology, Environment and Water Directorate, Baghdad, Iraq
7 Ministry of Science and Technology, Environment & Water Research Directorate, Baghdad, Iraq

Original language: Arabic

Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract


In this research, zeta potential technical has been used to limit the scales and biofilm inside cooling towers. To perform this experiment, two towers have been used; one with zeta potential device and the other is working normally as a control. A weekly test on samples at the outlet from the two towers has been conducted. As a result, the total count of bacteria was (4308.7 cfu/ml) on the control tower while the total count of bacteria on the zeta potential tower was (731.5 cfu /ml). The average algae growth has been decreased in zeta potential tower to (110.1 cfu/l) while it was about (153.48 cfu/l) in the control tower. The research focused also on some physical properties such as surface tension which is decreased under the influence of zeta potential, the electrical conductivity is increased in potential tower. Biofilm layer in control tower is found while it's not found in treated cooling with 25 high voltage zeta rod.

Author Keywords: Zeta potential, Cooling tower, Biofilm, Surface tension.


How to Cite this Article


Ali Challoob Khraibet, Zainab Fouad Nadhem, Aqeel Kdhum Alwan, Manar Ahmed Ehmud, Hayder Jasim Mohammad, Ali Salim Abed-Alsaad, and Jaafar Sadeq Murtadha, “Reducing Scales and Biofilms in Cooling Towers By using Zeta Potential,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 731–739, August 2015.