Antifoam Defoamer AF20
Product code RXSOL-81-2066-200
Highly effective liquid antifoam formulated for controlling foaming and priming in produced water processing in oil gas, waste water treatment, etc
Description
RXSOL Antifoam Defoamer AF20 is a concentrated, silicone-free antifoaming agent formulated using a synergistic combination of proprietory alcohols.
The formulation is designed to provide both rapid foam knockdown and sustained foam suppression. Antifoam Defoamer AF20 provides rapid destabilization of foam lamellae, while also contributing to persistent foam control and improved antifoam activity.
RXSOL Antifoam has demonstrated rapid foam-collapse performance in laboratory antifoam testing, including foam collapse within minutes and resistance to re-foaming under agitation/sparging conditions.
Application
- Effluent treatment plants
- Sewage treatment systems
- Industrial wastewater
- Aeration tanks
- Biological treatment
- Sludge processing
- Neutralization systems
- Chemical blending
- Reaction vessels
- Mixing tanks
- Detergent manufacture
- Surfactant processing
- Alkali cleaning solutions
- Acid/alkali treatment systems
- CIP systems
- Tank cleaning
- Equipment washing
- Industrial degreasing
- High-pressure cleaning
- Detergent solutions
- Tank-cleaning formulations
- Oilfield chemical systems
- Produced-water treatment
- Drilling-fluid-related applications
- Slop and oily-water treatment
- Marine cleaning chemicals
- Paper and pulp processing
- Textile processing
- Adhesives
- Water-based formulations
- Process auxiliaries
- General industrial chemical processing
Precautions
Mode of Action of FOAM KNOCKDOWN
Foam Film Destabilization
The hydrophobic alcohol components migrate toward the air-liquid interface and interfere with the surfactant film surrounding the foam bubble.
Reduction of Foam Film Stability
The antifoam disturbs the elastic surfactant layer, promoting thinning and rupture of the bubble wall.
Rapid Bubble Collapse
Antifoam AF20 provides rapid foam-breaking activity. Published testing has demonstrated rapid collapse of foam following addition of Antifoam AF20 .
Persistent Foam Suppression
Antifoam AF 20 with its longer hydrocarbon chain, contributes to a more persistent hydrophobic phase that can remain active during continued agitation.
Re-Foaming Control
The combination is intended to reduce the tendency of foam to regenerate after agitation, pumping, aeration or circulation.