Open AccessModelling of hydrochemical and hydromechanical parameters’ synergism in the process of solid deposit creation in geothermal and other hard waters
Author(s) -
Dragan Milićević,
Ljilja. Anđelković,
Marjan P. Mitić,
Jelena Purenović,
Milovan M. Purenović
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of the serbian chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1820-7421
pISSN - 0352-5139
DOI - 10.2298/jsc170731015m
Subject(s) - geothermal gradient , linear regression , process (computing) , environmental science , flow (mathematics) , geology , mineralogy , process engineering , petroleum engineering , soil science , engineering , mechanics , computer science , mathematics , statistics , physics , geophysics , operating system
This paper presents the experimental research results, regarding the effect of hydromechanical parameters and based on the relative reduction of the starting hardness of geothermal water of Sijarinska Banja and Niska Banja as well as the water from the Medijana spring in Nis. The measurements were conducted on a laboratory pilot plant/ facility with glass pipes of diameter 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 mm and with water flow controlled by a digital peristaltic pump with a flow interval from 2 to 5000 ml min-1. The effect of the hydrodynamic parameters on the change of input hardness of geothermal and other hard waters and the process of solid deposit creation were modelled by an empirical model based on simple linear regression analysis, multiple linear regression model and the neural network. The high accuracy of all applied models unequivocally proves that a synergism of hydrochemical and hydrodynamic parameters exists in the process of creation of solid deposit ? limescale, thanks to which the starting hypothesis is confirmed.