Solubility and scale prevention of gypsum in transportation pipes of well brine with salinities up to 5 M at temperature range of 278–298 K

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 22, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 78-86

  Wang, Hongqing ^a   Wang, Daoguang ^a   Li, Zhibao ^a   Demopoulos, G P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium sulfate dehydrate; Scale prevention; Seeded crystal growth; Supersaturation; Well brine

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649336203     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1595     Document Type: Article

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