What dose Ozone and/or Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) do to Baquacil?

[ringi]

For example would a AOP system remove Baquacil at a helpful rate before converting to TFP system?
What if a high level of none choline shock was used at same time to oxidize the Baquacil?

Ps what is in Baquacil Shock and is it different from other none choline shocks?

How does the Baquacil filter cleaner work better then dishwasher liquid?

 

[JoyfulNoise]

The AOP systems marketed for pools are basically toys. They don’t put out enough ozone or UV to be practically useful. Baquacil is a long-chained, polymeric biguanide. UV and ozone might attack some of the single C-C bonds but that would not really do all that much. So I doubt AOP would work at a rate useful for removing baquacil.

There is no difference between Baquacil non-chlorine shock and other brands. It’s all MPS. Same is true for filter cleaner products - you are paying for brand name and marketing, not some special chemical formula.

Persulfate and peroxide shocks do not seem to be effective at destroying baquacil except at enormously high doses. There isn’t a lot of study on it. We once had one user try to use sodium percarbonate to remove baquacil and I think they finally gave up and just switched over to chlorine to neutralize it.

Easiest way to convert is to dump as much of the pool water that you safely can do and then refill with fresh water and follow the Baquacil to chlorine conversion guide in TFP’s Pool School.

 

[JamesW]

The main chemicals for Baquacil are.

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Baquacil: Poly(hexamethylenebiguanide) hydrochloride CAS: 32289-58-0

https://nationalpools.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/BAQUACILR_Sanitizer_Algistat.pdf

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CDX: POLYETHER DIOL 25322-68-3

https://nationalpools.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/BAQUACILR_CDXT.pdf

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Oxidizer: HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (H2O2). CAS: 7722-84-1. 27.50%

https://nationalpools.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/BAQUACILR_Oxidizer.pdf

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