公开(公告)号：US20240228348A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18561441

申请日：2022-05-23

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Ahmet Uener ,  Stephan Nied ,  Juergen Detering ,  Achim Fessenbecker

IPC: C02F5/14 ,  C02F103/08

CPC classification number: C02F5/14 ,  C02F2103/08 ,  C02F2209/02 ,  C02F2209/44

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an aqueous solution of acrylic acid polymer for inhibiting scale formation in a desalination system, wherein the polymer of acrylic acid obtained by a process of polymerising acrylic acid in feed operation with a free radical starter in the presence of hypophosphite in water as solvent, which comprises (i) initially charging water and aqueous hypophosphite solution and optionally acrylic acid in acidic, unneutralised form, optionally one or more ethylenically unsaturated comonomers, and optionally initiator, (ii) adding acrylic acid in acidic, unneutralised form, optionally one or more ethylenically unsaturated comonomers, aqueous free radical starter solution and aqueous hypophosphite solution, (iii) adding a base to the aqueous solution after termination of the acrylic acid feed, wherein the comonomer content does not exceed 30 wt. % based on the total monomer content, wherein the acrylic acid, the aqueous free radical starter solution and the aqueous hypophosphite solution are added such that the molar ratio x of acrylic acid to phosphorus-bound hydrogen [AA]/[P—H] over a time period in which at least 75% of the acrylic acid is converted and has a value x which is constant to within ±0.5 and is in the range from 0.8 to 2, wherein the acrylic acid polymer has a weight average molecular mass Mw of from 1000 to 3000 g/mol, wherein the desalination system comprises at least one of the group consisting of Multi Stage Flash (MSF), at least one Multi Effect Distillation (MED) and Reverse Osmosis (RO). The invention also relates to a process of desalinating saline water in a desalination system.