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Nanotechnology-Based Detection Method for Speciation and Differentiation of Phosphonate Scale Inhibitors

Product Number: 51320-14913-SG

Author: Sankaran Murugesan, Haiping Lu, Zhengwei Liu, Stephen Heath

Publication Date: 2020

$20.00

The accurate and precise analysis of scale inhibitors plays an important role in making key decisions on the efficiency of scale squeeze and continuous-chemical injection treatments. At present, several techniques exist for scale inhibitor analysis, but each method has its own limitations and tedious analysis process. In addition, these methods often give results of either total chemical content or elemental analysis without details of chemical speciation. Especially for phosphonate scale inhibitors, it is well known that there is no analytical methods available on the market to differentiate different species of phosphonate inhibitors, which impedes the applications of different types of phosphonate inhibitors on the scale treatment. There was therefore a need for a next-generation method for phosphonate analysis. An experimental methodology has been developed based upon the use of gold nanoparticles to enhance chemical signatures of scale inhibitors in brines using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). This methodology enables speciation and measurement at low concentrations in the range of 1 to 100 mg/L (ppm). This study used two different phosphonate-type scale inhibitors, and initial laboratory results prove that this novel technology can help to differentiate between two different phosphonate-based chemicals.

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Nanotechnology-Based Field Method for Detection and Monitoring of Corrosion Inhibitors

Product Number: 51320-14825-SG

Author: Sankaran Murugesan, Zhengwei Liu, Prasad Dhulipala, Sunder Ramachandran

Publication Date: 2020

$20.00

Accurate and precise monitoring of corrosion inhibitors in oilfield brine, an important aspect of corrosion control in oil and gas operations, is also a practice recommended by NACE International guidelines. Many operators require residual concentrations of corrosion inhibitors to monitor chemical deliverability at specific locations in a production system. The residual measurement provides the ability to troubleshoot factors affecting chemical deliverability. However, residual measurements are notoriously problematic because of the surface-active nature of corrosion inhibitors. Residual measurement errors can often exceed 100 percent. Consequently, a need exists for methods that are precise and accurately detect a wider range of corrosion inhibitor molecules. These methods must also be viable in corrosive oilfield environments where corrosion inhibitors are at low concentrations. Furthermore, the methods must be portable, enabling field analysis of residual chemicals in collected samples. Field-based detection methods can reduce the amount of time required to obtain data useful for corrosion control and reduce delays associated in shipping samples to centralized laboratories.

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Understanding Effective Corrosion Inhibitor Performance For Oil Pipeline Transport Using Innovative Residual Analysis Techniques

Product Number: 51321-16752-SG

Author: Peng Jin; Shujun Gao; Sankaran Murugesan; Sunder Ramachandran; Zhengwei Liu; Tracey Jackson; Lei Huang

Publication Date: 2021

$20.00

Products tagged with 'sers'

Nanotechnology-Based Detection Method for Speciation and Differentiation of Phosphonate Scale Inhibitors

Nanotechnology-Based Field Method for Detection and Monitoring of Corrosion Inhibitors

Understanding Effective Corrosion Inhibitor Performance For Oil Pipeline Transport Using Innovative Residual Analysis Techniques

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