Method of preventing or reducing aluminosilicate scale in a bayer process
US6814873B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 22, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 5, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC02F2103/16
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Materials and a process are provided whereby polymers with the pendant group or end group containing —Si(OR″)3 (where R″ is H, an alkyl group, Na, K, or NH4) are used to control aluminosilicate scaling in a Bayer process. When materials of the present invention are added to the Bayer liquor before the heat exchangers, they reduce and even completely prevent formation of aluminosilicate scale on heat exchanger walls. The present materials are effective at treatment concentrations that make them economically practical.
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