Iranian Researchers Formulate Sediment-Inhibiting, De-Sedimenting Substances for Industries

“Our researchers were able to formulate two sediment-inhibiting and de-sedimenting chemicals for the sugar production industries and diesel power plants to solve the problems of the industries,” said Omid Shojayee, a faculty member of University of Tehran’s Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research.

He explained that the process of producing sugar from beet or sugarcane syrup requires syrup concentration operations, adding that during the evaporation process, large amounts of sediment are formed on the internal surfaces of the evaporator, and removing sediment is one of the problems of this industry.

“To prevent sediment from forming on the surfaces of the evaporator, sediment-inhibiting substances are used,” Shojayee said.

Noting that a special descaling agent is used to remove sediment from inside the intercooler, he said, "At the request of one of the diesel power plants in Alborz Province (near Tehran), a suitable descaling agent was formulated to remove sediment from inside the intercooler, and in a performance test at the power plant, it performed very well, removing sediment from the intercooler."

In a relevant development in December, Iranian researchers at a technological company had also succeeded in producing a sediment-breaking device which stops sedimentation in the water path in various industries and facilities.

“The water sediment-breaking product causes sedimentation to practically stop in the water path and previous sediments to disappear over time. This product is used in all areas, including residential or household, agriculture, industry, etc. and anything that works with water and has a sediment problem,” Farshid Torabi, the commercial director of a technological company stationed at the incubator center of the Islamic Azad University’s Karaj branch, told ANA.

Noting that sediment breakers do not require electricity or batteries, he said, “It is self-charging due to having an internal kit and a coil, aligning alloys and ceramic magnets that have a thirty-year lifespan.”

“If a problem occurs during this period, the company is obliged to replace the device and provide a new device,” Torabi said.

He explained that the cooling towers and industrial heating and cooling systems have always had the problem of scale and high costs that manufacturers have to spend annually to maintain their facilities but the sediment-breaking device has settled these problems.

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