Mechanisms of scale deposition and scale removal in porous media

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 81-108

  Jamialahmadi, Mohammad ^a   Müller Steinhagen, Hans ^b,c  

^a University of Petroleum Industry   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

calcium sulphate; cleaning; permeability; porosity; porous media; scaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650105708     PISSN: 17533317     EISSN: 17533309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOGCT.2008.016733     Document Type: Article

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