Progress on the instrumentation development component of this project will be slow until the UV AOTF system is received. Solids are being identified using the light microscope and diluted samples have been prepared for ion chromatography analysis. ESP calculations were performed and solutions in pure water at 25 C were prepared. Crystal isolation and liquid phase concentration determinations are in progress. Saltcake samples from three tanks have been selected for analysis.
Preliminary calculations designed to predict dissolution are in progress.
These results are expected to provide additional validation. Lindner, PI Feed stability and chemistry. Current work on salt well pumping experiments using the laboratory-scale test loop were designed to evaluate plug formation behavior for trisodium phosphate dodecahydrate. This material has been shown to crystallize into long rods that eventually lead to gel formation. A number of experiments have been conducted at different Reynolds numbers and at different heat exchange conditions.