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Liu B, Wei Q, Ma H, Chen L, Chang Y, Chen J, Dai L, Sun Y, Lu H, Wang H, Lv W. Cooperative physical separation of oil and suspended solids from methanol-to-olefin wastewater: A pilot study. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 311:114841. [PMID: 35278919 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Methanol-to-olefin (MTO) is an important non-petroleum chemical process for the preparation of light olefins. However, the MTO process consumes copious amounts of water and produces large amounts of untreated effluent. Therefore, the realization of efficient wastewater treatment and recycling is key to the green low-carbon development of MTO. Here, a cooperative process combining swirl regenerating micro-channel separation (SRMS) and combined fibrous coalescence (CFC) technologies was proposed to separate high contents of oil and suspended matter in MTO wastewater. Using a pilot device with a treatment capacity of 1 m3/h, the average oil content in MTO wastewater decreased from 750 mg/L to <30 mg/L, while the average content of suspended matter decreased from 108 mg/L to <15 mg/L. Compared with a commercial MTO wastewater treatment process (olefin production capacity of 0.6 million tons per annum), the proposed method could reduce wastewater discharges and costs by 57% and US$ 0.23 million per annum respectively. Equipment costs and operational energy consumption were also reduced by 30% and >95% respectively. The combined process may provide the basis for the green and sustainable treatment of MTO wastewater and its recycling.
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- Bing Liu
- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Yan'an Energy & Chemical Co.,Ltd., Yanan, 727500, China
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- College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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Liu Y, Lu H, Li Y, Xu H, Pan Z, Dai P, Wang H, Yang Q. A review of treatment technologies for produced water in offshore oil and gas fields. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 775:145485. [PMID: 33618302 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Offshore oil and gas production is increasingly growing popular globally. Produced water (PW), which is the largest byproduct of oil and gas production, is a complex mixture of dissolved and undissolved organic and inorganic substances. PW contributes considerably to oil pollution in the offshore petroleum and gas industry owing to the organic substances, which mainly include hydrocarbons; this is a major concern to researchers because of the long-term adverse effects on the ecosystem. Since the development of offshore petroleum and gas industry, the PW treatment process has been classified into pretreatment, standard-reaching treatment, and advanced purification treatment based on the characteristics of PW and has been coupled with the environmental, economic, and regulatory considerations. The mechanism, design principle, application, and development of conventional technologies for PW treatment, such as gravity and enhanced gravity sedimentation, hydrocyclone, gas flotation, and medium filtration, are summarized in this study. Novel methods for further application, such as tubular separation, combined fibers coalescence, and membrane separation, are also discussed. Enhancement of treatment with multiple physical fields and environmentally friendly chemical agents, coupled with information control technology, would be the preferred PW treatment approach in the future. Moreover, the PW treatment system should be green, efficient, secure, and intelligent to satisfy the large-scale, unmanned, and abyssal exploration of offshore oil and gas production in the future.
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- Yiqian Liu
- School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China
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- School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China
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- School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China
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- CNOOC China Limited Qinghuangdao 32-6/BoZhong Operating Company, Tianjin 300459, PR China
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- School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China
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- School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China
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- School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China.
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Lu H, Pan Z, Wang H, Liu Y, Dai P, Yang Q. Fiber coalescence treatment of oily wastewater: A new theory and application. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 412:125188. [PMID: 33548775 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Revised: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Oil pollution from produced water in the offshore petroleum industry is one of the most serious marine pollutants worldwide, and efficient separation technology is crucial for the control of oil pollutant emission. Medium coalescence is an efficient oil-water separation technology, but its theory is lacking and the development is slow. In this work, the microscopic mechanism of fiber coalescence was revealed, and found that the effective collision positions were the three-phase contact line and the exposed fiber surface. Further, a theoretical model for calculating the separation performance of a fiber bed was established. For a given inlet droplet size distribution and bed geometric parameters, the outlet droplet size distribution and the total separation efficiency of the fiber bed can be predicted. Then, an Ω-shaped woven method composed of oil-wet fibers and oil-phobic fibers was designed and the separation performance of the fiber beds prepared by the method and the influence law of various parameters were clarified through macroscopic experiment. Finally, the novel technology achieved its first engineering application on an offshore platform, with the average oil content of the outlet was less than 25 mg/L, which could reform the current treatment process of produced water.
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- Hao Lu
- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China.
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Lu H, Pan Z, Miao Z, Xu X, Wu S, Liu Y, Wang H, Yang Q. Combination of electric field and medium coalescence for enhanced demulsification of oil-in-water emulsion. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL ADVANCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceja.2021.100103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Ueda M, Fukasawa T, Ishigami T, Fukui K. Effect of Surface Wettability on Droplet Coalescence and Pressure Drop in a Fibrous Filter: Direct Numerical Simulation Coordinated with X-ray Computed Tomography Images. Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c06157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Masaki Ueda
- Chemical Engineering Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Chemical Engineering Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Chemical Engineering Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Chemical Engineering Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Hiroshima, Japan
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Chen C, Chen L, Weng D, Li X, Li Z, Wang J. Simulation Study on the Dynamic Behaviors of Water-in-Oil Emulsified Droplets on Coalescing Fibers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:14872-14880. [PMID: 33231080 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Although increasing superwetting membranes have been developed for separating oil-water emulsions based on the "size-sieving" mechanism, their pores are easily blocked and fouled by the intercepted emulsified droplets, which would result in a severe membrane fouling issue and a sharp decline in flux. Instead of droplet interception, a fiber-based coalescer separates oil/water emulsions by inducing the emulsified droplets to coalesce and transform into layered oil/water mixtures, exhibiting an ability to work continuously for a long time with high throughput, which makes it a promising technology for emulsion treatment. However, the underlying mechanism of the separation process is not well understood, which makes it difficult to further improve the separation performance. Hence, in this work, the dynamic behaviors of water-in-oil emulsified droplets on the surface of the coalescing fiber were numerically investigated based on the phase-field model. The attachment, transport, and detachment behaviors of droplets on fibers were directly observed, and the effects of fiber wettability, orientation, arrangement, and fluid speed were studied in detail. First, it was observed that the droplets will move downstream along the fiber surface under the effect of fluid shear, and the large droplets tend to coalesce with their downstream small droplets on the same fiber surface because they move faster compared to the small droplets. Second, it was found that the emulsified droplet will spontaneously transport to the intersection of two angled fibers under the drive of asymmetric Laplace pressure, which demonstrated that the emulsified droplets tend to gather at the intersection of fibers when permeating through a coalescing medium. Third, it was found that the detachment behaviors of droplets from the fiber surface are strongly affected by their size, fiber wettability, and fluid velocity. In addition, the results of our simulation show that the backside of two closely attached fibers can further inhibit the detachment of droplets. We truly believe that our research results are of significance to optimize the parameters of a fiber-based coalescer for separating oil-water emulsions and to develop novel oil/water separators.
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- Chaolang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
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Ueda M, Rozy MIF, Fukasawa T, Ishigami T, Fukui K. Phase-Field Simulation of the Coalescence of Droplets Permeating through a Fibrous Filter Obtained from X-ray Computed Tomography Images: Effect of the Filter Microstructure. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:4711-4720. [PMID: 32275435 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We numerically study the droplet coalescence of an oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion permeating through a fibrous filter. Our numerical simulation method is based on the phase-field model for capturing a free interface, the immersed boundary method used to calculate fluid-solid interactions, and the wetting model that assigns an order parameter to the solid surface according to the wettability. To represent realistic flow inside the filter during simulation, the voxel data obtained from X-ray computed tomography (CT) images of the filter microstructure are used in the simulation. The effects of the filter microstructure, such as fiber arrangement and orientation of the droplet coalescence, are investigated by using several filter domains. Our simulations demonstrate that the arrangement of closely attached fibers placed at the permeate-side surface enhances droplet coalescence. In addition, the parallel orientation of the fiber to the main flow direction suppresses droplet enlargement due to the coalescence but reduces the number of droplet passages without coalescence in the filter.
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- Masaki Ueda
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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Identification of the Interfacial Surface in Separation of Two-Phase Multicomponent Systems. Processes (Basel) 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/pr8030306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The area of the contact surface of phases is one of the main hydrodynamic indicators determining the separation and heat and mass transfer equipment calculations. Methods of evaluating this indicator in the separation of multicomponent two-phase systems were considered. It was established that the existing methods for determining the interfacial surface are empirical ones, therefore limited in their applications. Consequently, the use of the corresponding approaches is appropriate for certain technological equipment only. Due to the abovementioned reasons, the universal analytical formula for determining the interfacial surface was developed. The approach is based on both the deterministic and probabilistic mathematical models. The methodology was approved on the example of separation of two-phase systems considering the different fractional distribution of dispersed particles. It was proved that the area of the contact surface with an accuracy to a dimensionless ratio depends on the volume concentration of the dispersed phase and the volume of flow. The separate cases of evaluating the contact area ratio were considered for different laws of the fractional distribution of dispersed particles. As a result, the dependence on the identification of the abovementioned dimensionless ratio was proposed, as well as its limiting values were determined. Finally, a need for the introduction of the correction factor was substantiated and practically proved on the example of mass-transfer equipment.
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da Silva Almeida FBP, Esquerre KPSOR, Soletti JI, De Farias Silva CE. Coalescence process to treat produced water: an updated overview and environmental outlook. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:28668-28688. [PMID: 31396872 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-06016-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Produced water is the largest liquid effluent in volume generated in petroleum production. It originates from natural wells or from water that was previously injected during the exploration process. The composition of produced water is complex, containing high salt concentration, emulsified oil, suspended solids, chemical additives used in the various stages of oil production, heavy metals, and other contaminants. Several technologies can be used in the treatment of produced water in order to meet the conditions specified in local legislations and the most used are phase separators, decanters, cyclones, and filters. The separation process mechanism of oil emulsions by coalescence in fibrous media has excellent results, though it is not fully understood and is frequently based on empirical, as well as on experimental, observations. This article presents a general overview on produced water, including origin, production, composition, environmental impact, treatment techniques, disposal, and legislation, as well as an updated discussion utilizing recent literature regarding the unit operation of coalescence: general aspects, kinetics, mechanisms, and factors that influence the coalescence process.
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- Separation Systems and Process Optimization Laboratory, Center of Technology, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil
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- Hui-qing Luo
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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Gonçalves SM, Barrozo MAS, Vieira LGM. Effects of Solids Concentration and Underflow Diameter on the Performance of a Newly Designed Hydrocyclone. Chem Eng Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ceat.201600496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Suélen M. Gonçalves
- Federal University of Uberlândia; Faculty of Chemical Engineering; B. 1K, Campus Santa Mônica 38400-902 Uberlândia Brazil
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- Federal University of Uberlândia; Faculty of Chemical Engineering; B. 1K, Campus Santa Mônica 38400-902 Uberlândia Brazil
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- Federal University of Uberlândia; Faculty of Chemical Engineering; B. 1K, Campus Santa Mônica 38400-902 Uberlândia Brazil
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