In the present time, more often, it has been seen that scaling has grown as widely and
caused problems in the oilfield industry. Scaling is the deposition of various salts of …

Production chemistry is an important field in the petroleum industry to study the
physicochemical changes in the production system and associated impact on production …

This work provides an overview of the processes of fouling, the deposition of substances on
the surface or in the pores of membranes, leading to deterioration of their performance …

The advancement of reverse osmosis (RO) technology in water treatment has brought about
significant purification benefits. However, the presence of scales poses obstacles to the long …

Scale formation is the precipitation of sparingly soluble inorganic salts from an aqueous
medium. Oilfield scales are formed by precipitation from the water that occurs naturally in …

Formation of minerals such as calcium carbonate often causes energy consumption and
even safety risk increase due to the hindrance on heat/mass transfer. However, the current …

The primary nucleation mechanism of the gypsum in a bulk aqueous medium was identified
as a heterogeneous one for 0.05 and 0.03 mol· L− 1 CaSO4· 2H2O solutions and 25° C. By …

This review is a first attempt to overview both medical and industrial applications of
bisphosphonates (BPs) at once, with an emphasis on structure–property relationships. The …

Equipment scaling leads to reduced production efficiency in a wide range of industrial
applications worldwide. Various antiscaling agents are currently commonly used to mitigate …

Organophosphorus compounds are well known as oilfield scale inhibitors. Earlier work
showed that a series of new and well-known bone-targeting drugs incorporating non-toxic …