Corrosion and bacterial growth mitigation in the desalination plant by imidazolium based ionic liquid: Experimental, surface and molecular docking analysis

Ambrish Singh, K. R. Ansari*, Neeta Raj Sharma, Shivani Singh, Rahul Singh, Anu Bansal, Ismat H. Ali, Muhammad Younas, Abdullah K. Alanazi, Yuanhua Lin*

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

3 Scopus citations

Abstract

The desalination plants wieldy used CuNi alloys. However, it faces a fundamental corrosion problem in a 3.5% NaCl solution containing sulfide ions. In this research, we have examined ionic liquid's corrosion and bacterial inhibition activity, i.e., 1-Dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide (IMD-IL). The obtained data from weight loss and electrochemical reveals the corrosion inhibitive performance of IMD-IL is 96.8% at 100 mg/L. The EIS suggests increasing the charge transfer resistance and film resistance with increasing IMD-IL amount, supporting the inhibitive action of IMD-IL molecules. The biological activity results reveal the deactivation of SRB action after the addition of IMD-IL molecules. The SEM and EDX studies support the IMD-IL adsorption onto the CuNi surface. The molecular docking results confirmed that IMD-IL could bind the cytochrome c, inhibiting its activity and thereby interrupting the electron transport pathway between bacteria and the CuNi.

Original languageEnglish
Article number109313
JournalJournal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
Volume11
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Research work was financed by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52074232 ) and Sichuan Science and Technology Program (No. 2022NSFSC0028 , No. 2022NSFSC0994 ). The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University for funding this work through a research group program under grant number R.G.P.1/342/43 . This work was supported by the Taif University Researchers Supporting Project grant number ( TURSP-2020/266 ), of Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Ltd.

Keywords

  • Corrosion
  • CuNi
  • Desalination
  • SEM
  • SRB

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • Waste Management and Disposal
  • Pollution
  • Process Chemistry and Technology

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Corrosion and bacterial growth mitigation in the desalination plant by imidazolium based ionic liquid: Experimental, surface and molecular docking analysis'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this