Share tagged polymers performance replacing phopshonate in a neutral pH system

- Product Characteristics 

- The benefits of using a tagged polymer replacing phosphonates

- The performance of tagged poymers on lab and field test.

Jannifer Sanders and/or Trace Blackmore

Over the years, various of techniques have been developed to monitor cooling towers sytems for chemical feed. In most formulations, polymer dosage exceed polymer need in the system. Tag polymers permit to measuring the active polymers in the system and enables a quicky respond to changing conditions through early detection, while monitoring chemical feed. Additionally, it allows the possibility of decreasing polymers dosage, and reducing water consumption. This paper aim is to test tagged polymers for scale control in the a system which has neutral pH and also to replace phosphonate, which reduces chemical cost and reduces environmental impact. Blackmore Enterprise and Nouryon plan on showing that polymer efficiency and chemical feed measurement is easily implemented in a cost-effective means. 

Trace Blackmore, CWT, LEED AP, is one of the water treatment industry’s leading experts and the host of “Scaling Up!,” a podcast for water treatment experts and novices alike that is quickly becoming the go-to resource in the industry. It’s the podcast for water treaters, by water treaters.
Trace is CEO and founder of Blackmore Enterprises, an industry leader providing outstanding water treatment consultation and services to industrial and commercial customers in Metro Atlanta. He calls on his more than 25 years experience and role as a trainer with the Association of Water Technologies for an evolving list of podcast topics and industry information.

Jannifer Sanders, is a senior researcher in the Polymer PPR Group at Nouryon. She earned a B.A. in chemistry from the University of Tennessee - Chatanooga in 1999. Ms. Sanders joined Alco Chemical/AkzoNobel/Nouryon in 1998 and is an expert on applications methods for scale control in oil field and water treatment. She has four U.S. patents and has co-authored several publications.