Inorganic scaling caused by precipitation of sparingly soluble salts at supersaturation is a
common but critical issue, limiting the efficiency of membrane-based desalination and brine …

Reverse osmosis (RO) plays an important role in freshwater production. Mineral scaling is
an inevitable problem in the RO desalination process. Various methods, including the …

With decades of developments, RO desalination has evolved into a mature technology with
excellent performance to meet emergent global freshwater needs. Nevertheless, the …

Polyaspartic acid (PASP) has been disclosed as a green and degradable antiscalant for
inhibiting the calcium scale for> 30 years. Although the chain length of PASP has been …

Two new yet structurally similar scale inhibitors (PASP-AAB and PASP-AAA), have been
successfully synthesized through ring-opening reaction of polysuccinimide (PSI) with …

Scaling in reverse osmosis facilities, boilers, heat exchangers, evaporation plants, and
oilfield applications is a serious problem worldwide. In order to provide a new insight into the …

Injection of an aqueous solution of scale inhibitor during the water flooding is the primary
method to prevent inorganic salt formation. Adsorption/desorption abilities of scale inhibitors …

The effects that 50–500 mM aqueous Li+, Na+, K+, and Mg2+ have on the crystallization
kinetics of calcium sulfate dihydrate (gypsum; CaSO4· 2H2O) were determined by in situ and …

A fluorescent-tagged and carboxyl-terminated hyper-branched waterborne polyester (HBP-
AP) was prepared and characterized. Acted as CaSO 4 scale inhibitor, its application …

Scaling is a very common and serious problem in industries. The formation of scale is
enabled by the presence of dissolved salts in a supersaturated solution. The precipitation of …