Polysaccharide nanoparticles: From fabrication to applications

A Plucinski, Z Lyu, BVKJ Schmidt - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Polysaccharides have attracted considerable attention in a broad range of applications in
recent years, which is due to their remarkable features such as biocompatibility …

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 …

Treatment of wastewater from petroleum industry: current practices and perspectives

S Varjani, R Joshi, VK Srivastava, HH Ngo… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Petroleum industry is one of the fastest growing industries, and it significantly contributes to
economic growth in developing countries like India. The wastewater from a petroleum …

Janus membranes: creating asymmetry for energy efficiency

HC Yang, Y Xie, J Hou, AK Cheetham… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Membranes are recognized as a key component in many environment and energy‐related
applications, but conventional membranes are challenged to satisfy the growing demand for …

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 …

Binary nanofibrous membranes with independent oil/water transport channels for durable emulsion separation

Y Ding, J Wang, J Wu, J Wang, F Liu - Journal of Membrane Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Oil fouling threatens the stability of water permeability for oil-water separation membrane.
Homogeneous hydrophilic surface modification provided an opportunity to prevent oil …

Membrane separation as a pre-treatment process for oily saline water

M Tawalbeh, A Al Mojjly, A Al-Othman, N Hilal - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
Oil and gas industry generate large quantities of oily wastewater effluents. This wastewater
has a major impact on the environment and human health. Hence, a suitable separation …

Superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic PVDF-PES nanofibrous membranes for highly efficient surfactant-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions separation

Y Yang, E Huang, P Dansawad, Y Li, Y Qing… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Deep oil-water emulsions separation is a challenging task for oily wastewater treatment.
Herein, a superwettable nanofibrous membrane was fabricated using the integrated method …

A durable superwetting clusters-inlayed mesh with high efficiency and flux for emulsion separation

J Zuo, Z Liu, C Zhou, Y Zhou, X Wen, S Xu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
How to rapidly and efficiently separate surfactant-stabilized emulsions has been a great
challenge for oil/water separation materials. In this work, a durable superwetting copper …

Application of ceramic microfiltration membrane modified by nano-TiO2 coating in separation of a stable oil-in-water emulsion

Q Chang, J Zhou, Y Wang, J Liang, X Zhang… - Journal of Membrane …, 2014 - Elsevier
Hydrophilic modification of the commercial ceramic microfiltration membranes is processed
by the nano-TiO 2 coating. The nano-coating does not form a separation layer but increases …