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Ice thermal storage systems are being developed and marketed as one of the means of electric load leveling and Ice slurry systems are developed to offset some of the disadvantages of the conventional static systems. Agglomeration of slurry ice, however, is still a big problem. This problem has up to now made transportation of pure water slurry ice, which is environmentally friendly a challenge to industry. Various surfactants have been studied and bio -surfactants, which are inexpensive and environmental friendly have shown good characteristics as agglomeration inhibitors. This paper reports on both laboratory and bench plant evaluations of some of the surfactants tested as agglomeration inhibitors.
