Evaluation of Commercial Magnetic Descalers.

Abstract

With the increased costs of maintaining boilers and chillers entrepreneurs around the country have offered magnetic and similar devices to facilities as viable alternatives to their maintenance program. This report gives a brief history of some of the previous research on the validity of these manufacturers' claims and details controlled laboratory and field tests performed by the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL). CERL test results failed to substantiate claim of the magnetic device manufacturers that their units stop scale deposition. Moreover, the claims concerning corrosion control in the systems treated by their devices were also unsubstantiated. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA143020

Entities

People

  • D. J. Lawrence

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Facilities
  • Calcium Compounds
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Conductivity
  • Cooling Towers
  • Crystal Structure
  • Diffraction
  • Diffraction Analysis
  • Diffractometers
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Magnetic Devices
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • X-Ray Diffraction

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  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Educational Psychology
  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.