Method and system for controlling biofouling with fluorescent biodispersant
AssigneeChemtreat, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin NIEMASECK, Patrick WOOD, Alexsandra CORRIGAN, Robert BEDINGER
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Abstract
A method of treating water in a water system that is susceptible to a formation of a biofilm or is fouled with a biofilm, the method including combining a biodispersant surfactant with the water, wherein the biodispersant surfactant has at least one fluorescent functional group, measuring a fluorescent signal of the biodispersant surfactant in the water, and controlling an amount of the biodispersant surfactant that is added to the water based on the measured fluorescent signal.
Claims18
A method of treating water in a water system that is susceptible to a formation of a biofilm or is fouled with a biofilm, the method comprising:
- combining a biodispersant surfactant with the water, wherein the biodispersant surfactant has at least one fluorescent functional group;
- measuring a fluorescent signal of the biodispersant surfactant in the water;
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- controlling an amount of the biodispersant surfactant that is added to the water based on the measured fluorescent signal.
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