Mineral Scales and Deposits: Scientific and Technological Approaches

Mineral Scales and Deposits: Scientific and Technological Approaches presents, in an integrated way, the problem of scale deposits (precipitation/crystallization of sparingly-soluble salts) in aqueous systems, both industrial and biological.

It covers several fundamental aspects, also offering an applications’ perspective, with the ultimate goal of helping the reader better understand the underlying mechanisms of scale formation, while also assisting the user/reader to solve scale-related challenges.

It is ideal for scientists/experts working in academia, offering a number of crystal growth topics with an emphasis on mechanistic details, prediction modules, and inhibition/dispersion chemistry, amongst others. In addition, technologists, consultants, plant managers, engineers, and designers working in industry will find a field-friendly overview of scale-related challenges and technological options for their mitigation.

Provides a unique, detailed focus on scale deposits, includes the basic science and mechanisms of scale formationPresent a field-friendly overview of scale-related challenges and technological options for their mitigationCorrelates chemical structure to performanceProvides guidelines for easy assessment of a particular case, also including solutionsIncludes an extensive list of industrial case studies for reference

Section 1: Fouling and Scaling Fundamentals

1. Water-Formed Scales and Deposits: Types, Characteristics, and Relevant Industries

2. Water Chemistry and its Role in Industrial Water Systems

3. Mechanisms of Scale Formation and Inhibition

4. Corrosion inhibitors in cooling water systems

5. The Mineralogy of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion

6. Biofouling in Industrial water Systems

7. Particulate Matter: Interfacial Properties, Fouling, and its Mitigation

8. Water Treatment Chemicals: Types, Solution Chemistry, and Applications

9. Non-Chemical Methods to Control Scale and Deposit Formation

10. New Product Development for Oilfield Application

11. Patent Review related to Scale and Scale Inhibition

Section 2: Biological, Environmental and Home Care

12. Scaling Problems in Home Care Applications

13. Tartar and Plaque Control

14. Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Deposition Disease

15. Importance of Calcium based Scales in Kidney Stones

16. Calcification of Biomaterials

17. Withdrawn: Deposits on Hair and Skin: Types, Characterization, and Removal

18. Withdrawn: Legionella in Water Systems

19. Removal of Toxic Materials from Aqueous Streams

Section 3: Scaling and Fouling Issues by Industry

20. Membrane Based Desalination: Challenges and Solutions

21. Cooling Water Systems: An Overview

22. Withdrawn: Managing an Open Recirculating Water System from Start Up to Turn Around

23. Equipment Fouling in dairy processes

24. Scaling in Alkaline Spent Pulping Liquor Evaporators

25. Control of Silica-based Scales in Cooling and Geothermal Systems

26. Thermal Distillation: Current Challenges

27. Oilfield Mineral Scale Control

28. Scale Control in Sugar Evaporators

29. Scale Formation in Tungston Hydrometallurgical Process

Section 4. Systems Support and Maintenance

30. Analytical Techniques to Characterize Scales and Deposits

31. Removal/Dissolution of Scale Deposits

32. Scaling Indices: Types and Applications

33. On-Line Monitoring of Water Treatment Chemicals