Barium Sulfate Crystallization in the Presence of variable Chain Length Aminomethylenetetraphosphonates and cations (Na+ or Zn2+)

Barium sulfate is a common scale in oil production installations that is treated and controlled with phosphonate inhibitors. A fundamental understanding of how these inhibitors operate, however, is only slowly emerging. In this paper, we investigate the effect on barium sulfate crystallization of tw...

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Main Authors: Barouda, E., Demadis, K., Freeman, Sandra, Jones, Franca, Ogden, Mark
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Chemical Society 2007
Online Access:http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jcrysgro
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21187
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author Barouda, E.
Demadis, K.
Freeman, Sandra
Jones, Franca
Ogden, Mark
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Demadis, K.
Freeman, Sandra
Jones, Franca
Ogden, Mark
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description Barium sulfate is a common scale in oil production installations that is treated and controlled with phosphonate inhibitors. A fundamental understanding of how these inhibitors operate, however, is only slowly emerging. In this paper, we investigate the effect on barium sulfate crystallization of two very similar phosphonate molecules that only differ in their backbone spacing, ethylenediamine-N,N,N',N'-tetra(methylenephosphonic acid) (EDTMP) and hexamethylenediamine-N,N,N',N'-tetr(methylenephosphonic acid) (HDTMP). It was found that the inhibitory efficacy of the organic molecules depends on their structural differences but also on the presence of other cations such as Zn2+. It appears that both stereochemical considerations and complexation strength differences between the two phosphonate additives result in different inhibitory powers. In the presence of zinc cations and EDTMP, it is found that inhibition is related to the concentration of uncomplexed ("free") organic.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-211872017-01-30T12:23:44Z Barium Sulfate Crystallization in the Presence of variable Chain Length Aminomethylenetetraphosphonates and cations (Na+ or Zn2+) Barouda, E. Demadis, K. Freeman, Sandra Jones, Franca Ogden, Mark Barium sulfate is a common scale in oil production installations that is treated and controlled with phosphonate inhibitors. A fundamental understanding of how these inhibitors operate, however, is only slowly emerging. In this paper, we investigate the effect on barium sulfate crystallization of two very similar phosphonate molecules that only differ in their backbone spacing, ethylenediamine-N,N,N',N'-tetra(methylenephosphonic acid) (EDTMP) and hexamethylenediamine-N,N,N',N'-tetr(methylenephosphonic acid) (HDTMP). It was found that the inhibitory efficacy of the organic molecules depends on their structural differences but also on the presence of other cations such as Zn2+. It appears that both stereochemical considerations and complexation strength differences between the two phosphonate additives result in different inhibitory powers. In the presence of zinc cations and EDTMP, it is found that inhibition is related to the concentration of uncomplexed ("free") organic. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21187 http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jcrysgro http://pubs.acs.org/journals/cgdefu/index.html http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/article.cgi/cgdefu/2007/7/i02/pdf/cg0604172.pdf American Chemical Society restricted
spellingShingle Barouda, E.
Demadis, K.
Freeman, Sandra
Jones, Franca
Ogden, Mark
Barium Sulfate Crystallization in the Presence of variable Chain Length Aminomethylenetetraphosphonates and cations (Na+ or Zn2+)
title Barium Sulfate Crystallization in the Presence of variable Chain Length Aminomethylenetetraphosphonates and cations (Na+ or Zn2+)
title_full Barium Sulfate Crystallization in the Presence of variable Chain Length Aminomethylenetetraphosphonates and cations (Na+ or Zn2+)
title_fullStr Barium Sulfate Crystallization in the Presence of variable Chain Length Aminomethylenetetraphosphonates and cations (Na+ or Zn2+)
title_full_unstemmed Barium Sulfate Crystallization in the Presence of variable Chain Length Aminomethylenetetraphosphonates and cations (Na+ or Zn2+)
title_short Barium Sulfate Crystallization in the Presence of variable Chain Length Aminomethylenetetraphosphonates and cations (Na+ or Zn2+)
title_sort barium sulfate crystallization in the presence of variable chain length aminomethylenetetraphosphonates and cations (na+ or zn2+)
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21187