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Investigation of Corrosion Caused by Constituents of Refinery Wastewater Effluent Used as Circulating Cooling Water
Author(s) -
Zhang Zhongzhi,
Song Shaofu,
Huang Jie,
Ji Lin,
Wu Fangyun
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
water environment research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1554-7531
pISSN - 1061-4303
DOI - 10.2175/106143003x140836
Subject(s) - corrosion , wastewater , conductivity , chloride , refinery , effluent , nitrate , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , carbon steel , anaerobic corrosion , carbonate , sulfate , chlorine , reverse osmosis , materials science , metallurgy , environmental engineering , membrane , environmental science , biochemistry , organic chemistry
The corrosion rate of steel plate using single‐factor, multifactor, and complex water systems was investigated via refinery wastewater effluents used as circulating cooling water. The results show that the primary corrosion factors of steel depend on the characteristics of the ions, the formation of the oxidized coating, the diffusion of dissolved oxygen, and other complex factors, although ions such as chloride, calcium, and carbonate play an important role. The corrosion rate of carbon steel exhibits two trends: The corrosion rate is high at low conductivity, increases to a maximum, and then decreases and becomes stable with increasing conductivity, as is the case with chloride, sulfate, nitrate and calcium ions. On the other hand, the corrosion rate is highest at low conductivity and then decreases and becomes stable with increasing conductivity, as is the case with carbonate, silicate, and sodium nitrate ions. Research results indicate that the anticorrosive ability is minimal at low conductivity; but is excellent at high conductivity. Pretreatment of low‐conductivity water using air flotation and clarification to decrease the concentrations of chloride, calcium, and carbonate ions to a suitable level to satisfy the anticorrosion requirements is required. However, it is not necessary to significantly reduce the salt concentration or conductivity of the water by osmosis or ion exchange to obtain an anticorrosion effect when reusing wastewater effluents as circulating cooling water.