Optimum frequency model research and experimental verification for suppressing CaCO3 scaling in copper tubes by an electromagnetic field

Abstract

The electromagnetic frequency is one of the most important parameters in electromagnetic scale inhibition research, and most of the previous studies on the optimal frequency range used experimental analysis. In this paper, a computational model for the optimal frequency of CaCO3 scaling in copper pipes under the action of electromagnetic fields is introduced. By establishing the equivalent electric dipole pipeline physical propagation model of the two-layer medium of the pipe wall and the water body, the vector magnetic potential in the water body is deduced by the mirror method, and the electromagnetic field expression of the water body in the pipe is derived. According to the electromagnetic energy relationship, the optimal electromagnetic frequency range is calculated to be 70–75 kHz. Finally, experiments were performed to analyze the effect of electromagnetic fields in different frequency ranges on the scaling of CaCO3 in copper pipes, and the obtained results verified the accuracy of the optimal frequency calculation model for CaCO3 scaling in copper pipes under the action of electromagnetic fields.