Nanofluids as a coolant for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: Recent trends, challenges, and future perspectives

DK Madheswaran, S Vengatesan, EG Varuvel… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this comprehensive review, we critically examine the application of nanofluids as coolants
in PEMFCs, explicitly focusing on elucidating their thermal efficiency enhancement …

Optimization of the demulsification of water-in-heavy crude oil emulsions using response surface methodology

S Ahmadi, A Khormali, FM Khoutoriansky - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The current work investigates the effect of oil to kerosene ratio, space velocity, temperature,
demulsifier dosage, and wash water ratio on the performance of demulsification of water-in …

Microscopic mechanism for electrocoalescence of water droplets in water-in-oil emulsions containing surfactant: A molecular dynamics study

N Li, Z Sun, Y Pang, Z Qi, W Liu, W Li, M Sun… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Surfactant has distinctive effects on the coalescence of water droplets in water-in-oil (W/O)
emulsions under electric field. In an attempt to reveal the molecular mechanisms underlying …

[HTML][HTML] A theoretical and experimental investigation of batch oil-water gravity separation

M Assar, S Simon, GH Sørland, BA Grimes - … Engineering Research and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gravity separation of oil-water emulsions is an industrially crucial process. Mechanistic
models for a batch separation process can immensely be beneficial by linking emulsion …

Molecular dynamics simulation on water/oil interface with model asphaltene subjected to electric field

W Li, H Zeng, T Tang - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypothesis: The droplet-medium interfaces of petroleum emulsions are often stabilized by
the indigenous surface-active compounds (eg., asphaltenes), causing undesired issues …

Physical correctness of numerical modeling electrohydrodynamic processes in two-phase immiscible liquids basing on the phase-field and arbitrary Lagrangian …

V Chirkov, G Utiugov, P Kostin, A Samusenko - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The paper examines two numerical approaches to the simulation of electrical deformation
and coalescence processes in water-in-oil emulsions: the phase-field method and the …

Amplitude modulation in surfactant and polymer-based water-in-oil emulsions: A novel approach to enhance separation rate and mitigate chaining effects

R Painuly, R Hasib, V Anand - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Oil wells can eventually run out of oil if used for an extended period. Various polymers and
surfactants are used to enhance oil recovery to extend the useful life of a well and improve …

Construction and regulation of aqueous-based Cerberus droplets by vortex mixing

D Wei, H Jin, L Ge, G Nie, R Guo - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypothesis: The emerging aqueous-based Cerberus emulsion droplets with multi-domains
behave as an excellent platform to design cyto-mimetic compartmentalization for fabrication …

Use of low-field NMR and rheology to evaluate the microstructure and stability of a poly (D, L-lactide-co-glycolide)-based W/O emulsion to be processed by spray …

AJ Simčić, M Abrami, I Erak, I Paladin… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drug-loaded emulsions for spray drying should be optimised for their rheological behaviour
and stability under operating conditions, as this is essential for achieving the desired …

Pore-scale physics of ice melting within unconsolidated porous media revealed by non-destructive magnetic resonance characterization

N Haile, M Sajjad, Y Zhang, N AlAmoodi… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Melting of ice in porous media widely exists in energy and environment applications as well
as extraterrestrial water resource utilization. In order to characterize the ice-water phase …