Power Equipment and System
SONG Juanda, SUN Fengzhong, SUN Qinghang, LIU Tianwen, WANG Rui
In order to study the composition of limescale in cooling tower packing and explore the effective cleaning means, the limescale was extracted as the test sample and the components were analyzed by scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) and infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Results show that the main elements of packing scaling are O, Si, Ca, Al, etc, and the mass fraction of O element is higher,up to 50%, Si element and Al element account for about 20%. The main substances of packing scaling include SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, Mg(OH)2, silicate, carbonate(mainly calcium carbonate), phosphate, sulfate, etc.