[HTML][HTML] Evaluation and optimization of antiscalant substances for enhanced reverse osmosis performance

MA Ahmed, AA Mohamed - Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 2024 - Elsevier
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 …

Antiscalant and its deactivation in zero/minimized liquid discharge (ZLD/MLD) application in the mining sector–Opportunities, challenges and prospective

BCY Lee, E Tan, Y Lu, H Komori, S Pietsch… - Minerals …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mining wastewater is inherently challenging to achieve zero or minimal liquid discharge
(ZLD/MLD) due to the high scale of the wastewater and the physical site constraints. This …

The Reservoir Injury Rules of Water Injection to an Ultralow Permeability Reservoir: Experimental Research Based on Core-NMR and Microfluidic Technology

J Zhu, X Tang, X Li, Y Wen, Z Deng, D Rao… - Energy & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Water flooding is one of the important methods for develo** ultralow permeability
reservoirs. However, due to the high clay mineral content in these reservoirs and poor …

Small‐Molecular‐Weight Additives Modulate Calcification by Interacting with Prenucleation Clusters on the Molecular Level

P Duchstein, PI Schodder, S Leupold… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Small‐molecular‐weight (MW) additives can strongly impact amorphous calcium
carbonate (ACC), playing an elusive role in biogenic, geologic, and industrial calcification …

Graphene Oxide Inhibits Calcium Carbonate Nucleation

G Bai, M Guo, S Mao, F Yin - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
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 …

A review of scale inhibitor methods during modified smart water injection

SFG Ardakani, ST Hosseini… - The Canadian Journal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Enhancing oil recovery (EOR) through water flooding methods, including smart water
injection, low salinity water injection, polymer injection, and surfactant injection has become …

Bisphosphonates: Synthesis, structures, properties, medical and industrial applications

K Popov, M Oshchepkov, S Tkachenko… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Antiscalants used in seawater desalination: biodegradability and effects on microbial diversity

A Al-Ashhab, A Sweity, L Al-Hadidi, M Herzberg… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antiscalants are organic polymers widely used for scale inhibition in seawater desalination.
While they are susceptible to biodegradation, they provide nutrients for bacterial cell growth …

Fluorescent‐tagged Antiscalants: A New Look at the Scale Inhibition Mechanism and Antiscalant Selection

S Tkachenko, A Ryabova, M Oshchepkov… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solid deposits onto equipment surfaces represent a serious problem all over the world.
Mitigation of this process is provided by chemical inhibitors. However, irrespective of …

Precipitation behavior of calcium sulfate in leach solution of ion-adsorption rare earth ore after reverse osmosis

M Li, Z Li, D Liu, J Pan, L Zhao, Z Feng, X Huang - Journal of Rare Earths, 2024 - Elsevier
Ion-adsorption rare earth ore (IAREO) is a crucial source of mid-heavy rare earths elements
(M-HRE). Reverse osmosis technology is a promising technique for the pre-concentration of …