Water Treatment

Water is life. A simple statement that is far more complex than it appears at first sight. Not only did water play a key role in the creation of life on our planet, water is also of major significance for our eco system.

Regardless of how we use water in our modern world – as drinking water, for washing and cleaning, as cooling water, in industrial processes or in agriculture – it always returns to nature after use. Water is in constant circulation in different states of aggregation. This is why it is so important to handle this precious resource responsibly.

LANXESS has developed two more environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional, non-biodegradable dispersing agents and scale inhibitors: Baypure® DS100 and Baypure® DSP. Because of their good biodegradability, Baypure® products do not have any known negative effect on waste water and thus have less impact on the environment.

Dispersion Effect

Since the complete removal of suspended solids is not a feasible approach, in large volume systems in particular, the dispersion thereof is of major concern in cooling and process water systems.

For the evaluation of the dispersants the kaolin dispersion test is widely accepted. The following test results showing the outstanding effectiveness of polyaspartic acid, active of Baypure®  DS 100. The dispersion effectiveness applies to other inorganic systems also, which has been proven by a multitude of tests and the application of Baypure®  DS 100  for the dispersion of inorganic pigments and the liquefaction of slurries.

In addition to the good dispersion properties of Baypure®  DS 100 its threshold activity is of benefit in cooling and process water treatment applications.