Environmental-friendly curcumin based fluorescent polymer for calcium sulfate scale inhibition

Li Li, Shuyan Shao, Duanzhi Li, Wenzhong Yang, Xiaoshuang Yin, Yan Zhang, Yun Chen, Ying Liu

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Abstract

A green fluorescent labeled scale inhibitor, curcumin-poly (malic acid) (Cur-PMA) was synthesized from curcumin and malic acid (MA). The structure of Cur-PMA was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) analysis. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and fluorescence spectroscopy revealed that Cur-PMA had good thermal stability and was expected to enable on-line detection. The static scale inhibition experiment showed that the scale inhibition rate of Cur-PMA on calcium sulfate can reach 100% with 10 mg/L. In addition, the impacts of pH and environmental temperature on calcium sulfate scale were discussed. The influence on formation of CaSO4 was evaluated with combination of scanning electronic microscopy (SEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. It was shown that the scale inhibition ability of Cur-PMA molecules was mainly through adsorption on the surface of growing crystals to inhibit the growth of these crystal planes.

Original languageEnglish
Article number115804
JournalDesalination
Volume535
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2022

Keywords

  • Calcium sulfate scale
  • Curcumin
  • Environmental-friendly polymer
  • Fluorescent labeling

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