Demulsification techniques of water-in-oil and oil-in-water emulsions in petroleum industry

R Zolfaghari, A Fakhru'l-Razi, LC Abdullah… - Separation and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The difficulties associated with transportation and refining of crude oil emulsions and
produced water discharge limitations are among the conspicuous clues that have led the …

Specially wettable membranes for oil–water separation

Y Wei, H Qi, X Gong, S Zhao - Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The oil–water separation has attracted heightened attention because of the ever‐increasing
amounts of oily water produced from the daily activities of humans and industrial processes …

Ceramic-based membranes for water and wastewater treatment

Z He, Z Lyu, Q Gu, L Zhang, J Wang - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2019 - Elsevier
A critical review on current status and future perspectives of ceramic-based membranes for
water and wastewater treatment is given. Common ceramic membranes made of alumina …

Robust zirconia ceramic membrane with exceptional performance for purifying nano-emulsion oily wastewater

X Wang, K Sun, G Zhang, F Yang, S Lin, Y Dong - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
While membrane-based oil-water separation has been widely explored, using conventional
membranes to treat oily wastewaters remains practically challenging especially when such …

Recent progress in developing advanced membranes for emulsified oil/water separation

Y Zhu, D Wang, L Jiang, J Jin - NPG Asia materials, 2014 - nature.com
The separation of oily wastewater, especially emulsified oil/water mixtures, is a worldwide
challenge because of the large amount of oily wastewater produced in many industrial …

Manufacturing porous ceramic materials by tape casting—A review

RK Nishihora, PL Rachadel, MGN Quadri… - Journal of the European …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tape casting is a well-established technique to fabricate ceramic tapes. This technique has
been usually applied to produce dense substrates for electronic applications, but recently …

Highly hydrophobic F-rGO@ wood sponge for efficient clean-up of viscous crude oil

W Huang, L Zhang, X Lai, H Li, X Zeng - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
With the increasing occurrences of industrial oily wastewater emissions and crude oil spills,
the deteriorated global environment and ecosystems have attracted a great deal of attention …

One-step engineering of low-cost kaolin/fly ash ceramic membranes for efficient separation of oil-water emulsions

D Zou, W Fan, J Xu, E Drioli, X Chen, M Qiu… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Efficient construction of ceramic membranes can decrease the cost and ease the process of
wastewater treatment. The total cost of ceramic membranes is mainly determined by the cost …

Ceramic membrane performance in microfiltration of oily wastewater

SRH Abadi, MR Sebzari, M Hemati, F Rekabdar… - Desalination, 2011 - Elsevier
A large amount of oily wastewaters is generated by industrial sources. Oil-in-water
emulsions are the most serious pollutants for which current treatment technologies are often …

One step co-sintering process for low-cost fly ash based ceramic microfiltration membrane in oil-in-water emulsion treatment

D Zou, M Qiu, X Chen, E Drioli, Y Fan - Separation and Purification …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ceramic membranes with higher chemical stabilities and organic solvent resistances are
indispensable for water purification. The fabrication of low-cost ceramic membranes (lower …