Water soluble polymer flocculants are important constituents of solid–liquid separation units
for the treatment of a variety of process‐affected effluents. The systematic development of a …

Hypothesis Adsorption of high molar mass polymers impacts flow in porous media. In the
industrially crucial case of acrylamide-based polymers in porous silicates, the very …

Nanotechnology has been used in many applications and new possibilities are discovered
constantly. Recently, a renewed interest has risen in the application of nanotechnology for …

This study investigates the interaction between montmorillonite and polyacrylamide (PAM)
with different ionic types using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM …

Recently, a renewed interest arises in the application of nanotechnology for the upstream
petroleum industry. In particular, adding nanoparticles to fluids may drastically benefit …

Polymeric surfactants display different capabilities in migration rules and emulsifying crude
oil as compared with that of traditional polymers attributing to the co-existence of hydrophilic …

The technical viability of enhancing oil recovery (EOR) using polymer flooding has been
verified. Through correcting the unfavorable mobility ratio, polymer flooding could …

Nowadays, the application of polymer in petroleum industries due to its feasibility with
enhancing hole cleaning, less formation damage characteristics of drilling fluids has been …

Goethite is a major component in many mineral processing operations. Its presence can
have adverse effects on solid/liquid separations. To understand the interactions between …

In this work, the interaction of hydrolysed polyacrylamide (HPAM) of two molecular weights
(F3330, 11–13 MDa; F3530, 15–17 MDa) with calcium carbonate (CaCO3) was studied via …