[HTML][HTML] Design strategies for miniaturised liquid–liquid separators—A critical review

T Bu, D Mesa, PR Brito-Parada - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Liquid–liquid systems play an important role in several industrial processes. Their
separation efficiency determines the product purity and yield to a great extent. In recent …

Applications of wire-mesh sensors in multiphase flows

HFV Peña, OMH Rodriguez - Flow measurement and instrumentation, 2015 - Elsevier
This article offers an overview of the applications of the wire-mesh sensor (WMS) in different
environments. It presents a critical review of the literature, with relevant and recent …

The effect of axial cyclone inlet velocity and geometrical dimensions on the flow pattern, performance, and acoustic noise

NU Babaoğlu, SH Hosseini, G Ahmadi, K Elsayed - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
This article studied the effect of the inlet velocity and various geometric dimensions on the
flow pattern, collection efficiency, pressure drop, and acoustic noise of axial cyclones using …

Oil–water pre-separation with a novel axial hydrocyclone

M Liu, J Chen, X Cai, Y Han, S Xiong - Chinese Journal of Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
A novel hydrocyclone with guide vanes, named as axial hydrocyclone (AHC), is designed to
tackle the problem of oil–water separation faced by most mature oilfields. Optimal design of …

Microbubble-based process for the enhancement of microfine and heavy oil droplets swirl separation in axial inlet hydrocyclone

Q Liu, S Liu, Y Li, Y Liu, N Wang, Q Yang… - Separation and Purification …, 2024 - Elsevier
Because of the pressing demand for environmental governance and resource utilization of
pollutants, the separation of oil in oily wastewater has become a research hotspot in water …

The effects of swirl vanes and a vortex stabilizer on the dynamic flow field in a cyclonic separator

GEO Celis, JBR Loureiro, PLC Lage… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present work describes the isolated and combined effects of two internal components–
swirl vanes and a vortex stabilizer–on the properties of the flow inside a particular type of …

Experimental study on a compact axial separator with conical tube for liquid-liquid separation

X Zeng, L Zhao, W Zhao, M Hou, F Zhu, G Fan… - Separation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Centrifugal technology for two-phase flow separation is widely used in industrial fields.
However, the liquid-liquid separation is more difficult than solid-liquid and gas-liquid …

Experimental study on a novel axial separator for oil–water separation

X Zeng, L Zhao, W Zhao, M Hou, F Zhu… - Industrial & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In order to ease the pressure on oil price, the downhole oil–water separation system has
been adopted to preseparate the output production. However, both the gravity separator and …

Experimental investigation of the separation performance of oil/water mixture by compact conical axial hydrocyclone

JE Hamza, HH Al-Kayiem, TA Lemma - Thermal Science and Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Petroleum has long been the main fuel for power generation and transportation. However,
mature oil wells are experiencing high water cut production with the crude oil resulting in …

Numerical study and optimization of liquid-liquid flow in cyclone pipe

J Kou, Y Chen, J Wu - Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process …, 2020 - Elsevier
The performance of cyclone can be improved by changing operating conditions or geometric
parameters. In the present study, the liquid-liquid flow in cyclone with guiding vanes was …