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Kawashima K, Shirzadi M, Fukasawa T, Fukui K, Tsuru T, Ishigami T. Numerical modeling for particulate flow through realistic microporous structure of microfiltration membrane: Direct numerical simulation coordinated with focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy. POWDER TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Li X, Yang Z, Peng Y, Zhang F, Lin M, Zhang J, Lv Q, Dong Z. Wood-Inspired Compressible Superhydrophilic Sponge for Efficient Removal of Micron-Sized Water Droplets from Viscous Oils. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:11789-11802. [PMID: 35195410 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c00785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Efficient micron-sized droplet separation materials have become a new demand for environmental protection and economic development. However, existing separation methods are difficult to be effectively used for micron-sized water droplets surrounded by viscous oil, and common materials have difficulty maintaining hydrophilicity underoil. Here, inspired by the microstructure of tree xylem, we report a cellulose-polyurethane sponge (CP-Sponge) with wood-like pores and underoil superhydrophilicity using directional freeze-casting. The CP-Sponge has an excellent selective water absorption capacity underoil and compression resilience. This preparation strategy can flexibly control the sponge's dimensional morphology. The designed cylindrical CP-Sponge can be easily installed in the silicone tube of a peristaltic pump. During pump operation, with a simple absorption, compression, and recovery process, the CP-Sponge continuously and effectively removes micron-sized water from crude oil and lubricating oil, reducing residual water in the oil to less than 2 ppm. The absorption-saturated sponge can be dried to continue recycling. Eco-friendly, recyclable, and sustainable artificial porous sponges provide new ideas and inspiration for the practical application of deep dehydration of viscous oils.
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- Xiaochen Li
- Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, People's Republic of China
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- Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, People's Republic of China
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- Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, People's Republic of China
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- Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, People's Republic of China
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- Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, People's Republic of China
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- Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, People's Republic of China
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- Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, People's Republic of China
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- Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, People's Republic of China
- School of Energy Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China
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Shirzadi M, Ueda M, Hada K, Fukasawa T, Fukui K, Mino Y, Tsuru T, Ishigami T. High-Resolution Numerical Simulation of Microfiltration of Oil-in-Water Emulsion Permeating through a Realistic Membrane Microporous Structure Generated by Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy Images. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:2094-2108. [PMID: 35104148 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Owing to the limitations of visualization techniques in experimental studies and low-resolution numerical models based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the detailed behavior of oil droplets during microfiltration is not well understood. Hence, a high-resolution CFD model based on an in-house direct numerical simulation (DNS) code was constructed in this study to analyze the detailed dynamics of an oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion using a microfiltration membrane. The realistic microporous structure of commercial ceramic microfiltration membranes (mullite and α-alumina membranes) was obtained using an image processing technique based on focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM). Numerical simulations of microfiltration of O/W emulsions on the membrane microstructure obtained by FIB-SEM were performed, and the effects of different parameters, including contact angle, transmembrane pressure, and membrane microporous structure, on filtration performance were studied. Droplet deformation had a strong impact on filtration behavior because coalesced droplets with diameters larger than the pore diameter permeated the membrane pores. The permeability, oil hold-up fraction inside the pores, and rejection were considerably influenced by the contact angle, while the transmembrane pressure had a little impact on the permeability and oil hold-up fraction. The membrane structure, especially the pore size distribution, also had a significant effect on the microfiltration behavior and performance.
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- Mohammadreza Shirzadi
- Chemical Engineering Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Chemical Engineering Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Chemical Engineering Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Chemical Engineering Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Chemical Engineering Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Chemical Engineering Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Chemical Engineering Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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Yang Y, Ren Z, Lin Y, Li L, Pan L, Qin H, Hou L. Robust Graphene/
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Aerogel for High‐flux and High‐purity Separation of Water‐in‐oil Emulsion and its
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Simulation. AIChE J 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Yu Yang
- College of Mechanical Engineering and Automation Institute of Metal Rubber & Vibration Noise, Fuzhou University Fuzhou China
- Fuzhou Friction and Lubrication Industry Technology Innovation Center Fuzhou China
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- College of Mechanical Engineering and Automation Institute of Metal Rubber & Vibration Noise, Fuzhou University Fuzhou China
- Fuzhou Friction and Lubrication Industry Technology Innovation Center Fuzhou China
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- College of Mechanical Engineering and Automation Institute of Metal Rubber & Vibration Noise, Fuzhou University Fuzhou China
- Fuzhou Friction and Lubrication Industry Technology Innovation Center Fuzhou China
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- College of Mechanical Engineering and Automation Institute of Metal Rubber & Vibration Noise, Fuzhou University Fuzhou China
- Fuzhou Friction and Lubrication Industry Technology Innovation Center Fuzhou China
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- College of Mechanical Engineering and Automation Institute of Metal Rubber & Vibration Noise, Fuzhou University Fuzhou China
- Fuzhou Friction and Lubrication Industry Technology Innovation Center Fuzhou China
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- College of Mechanical Engineering and Automation Institute of Metal Rubber & Vibration Noise, Fuzhou University Fuzhou China
- Fuzhou Friction and Lubrication Industry Technology Innovation Center Fuzhou China
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- Department of Materials‐Oriented Chemical Engineering College of Chemical Engineering Fuzhou University Fuzhou China
- Qingyuan Innovation Laboratory Quanzhou China
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Rozy MIF, Maemoto Y, Ueda M, Fukasawa T, Ishigami T, Fukui K, Sakai M, Mino Y, Gotoh K. Direct numerical simulation of permeation of particles through a realistic fibrous filter obtained from X-ray computed tomography images utilizing signed distance function. POWDER TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2021.02.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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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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Zeng X, Lin J, Cai W, Lu Q, Fu S, Li J, Yan X, Wen X, Zhou C, Zhang M. Fabrication of superhydrophilic PVDF membranes by one-step modification with eco-friendly phytic acid and polyethyleneimine complex for oil-in-water emulsions separation. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 264:128395. [PMID: 33007567 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Superhydrophilic membranes with simultaneous underwater superoleophobicity are highly desirable and worth exploring for separation of emulsified oil from water. In this work, combining the strong negative charges of phytic acid (PA) and the high cationic charge density of polyethyleneimine (PEI), an eco-friendly PA@PEI polyelectrolyte complex was synthetized in aqueous solution. And then the polyelectrolyte complex was deposited onto hydrophobic PVDF membranes through a one-step assembly approach with high convenience, endowing the membranes with superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic property. The as-prepared PA@PEI/PVDF membrane shows outstanding static and dynamic water stability, and was successfully used to separate multiple oil-in-water emulsions, with an average rejection rate exceeding 98.5% and a water flux up to 12203.6 L m-2∙h-1∙bar-1. Furthermore, the water flux can be recovered to a high level after four separation-washing cycles, showing excellent antifouling performance and recovery capability. Together with its natural raw materials and environmentally friendly preparation strategy, the PA@PEI/PVDF membrane shows great potential in practical treatment of emulsified oily wastewater.
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- Xinjuan Zeng
- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Hydrogen Energy Technologies, School of Materials Science and Energy Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, 528000, PR China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Hydrogen Energy Technologies, School of Materials Science and Energy Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, 528000, PR China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Hydrogen Energy Technologies, School of Materials Science and Energy Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, 528000, PR China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Hydrogen Energy Technologies, School of Materials Science and Energy Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, 528000, PR China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Hydrogen Energy Technologies, School of Materials Science and Energy Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, 528000, PR China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Hydrogen Energy Technologies, School of Materials Science and Energy Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, 528000, PR China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Hydrogen Energy Technologies, School of Materials Science and Energy Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, 528000, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, PR China.
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Hydrogen Energy Technologies, School of Materials Science and Energy Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, 528000, PR China.
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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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Sun Y, Guo Z. Programming Multiphase Media Superwetting States in the Oil-Water-Air System: Evolutions in Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic Surface Heterogeneous Chemistry. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2004875. [PMID: 33463790 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202004875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Studies toward tailoring macroscopic extreme wetting behaviors on a certain well-defined surface in multiphase media are significant but still at an infant stage. Herein, superantiwetting evolutions in the oil-water-air system can be programmed from single to quadruple superrepellence by controlling the surface hydrophobic-hydrophilic heterogeneous chemistry. Ammonia vapor exposure makes the realization of challenging superhydrophilicity-superoleophobicity possible in air medium, causing the transition from quadruple to triple superantiwetting states in the oil-water-air system. Upon UV illumination, only single superrepellence-underwater superoleophobicity is maintained on titanium dioxide (TiO2, P25)-based coatings. A reversible transition between underoil superhydrophilicity and superhydrophobicity via an alternating UV irradiation and heating process leads to a switching between "water-absorbing" and "size-sieving" effects in water-in-oil emulsion separation. A comparative study for investigating two such effects in emulsion separation is further investigated. The current conceptual insights not only extend superwetting states to multiphase media, but can also deepen the understanding of the relationship between macroscopic extreme wetting behaviors and surface chemistry.
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- Yihan Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, P. R. China
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Simulation studies on picolitre volume droplets generation and trapping in T-junction microchannels. SN APPLIED SCIENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s42452-020-03198-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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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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Al-Shimmery A, Mazinani S, Flynn J, Chew J, Mattia D. 3D printed porous contactors for enhanced oil droplet coalescence. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Rozy MIF, Ueda M, Fukasawa T, Ishigami T, Fukui K. Direct numerical simulation and experimental validation of flow resistivity of nonwoven fabric filter. AIChE J 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.16832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Mohammad Irwan F. Rozy
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Hiroshima University Higashi‐Hiroshima Hiroshima Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Hiroshima University Higashi‐Hiroshima Hiroshima Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Hiroshima University Higashi‐Hiroshima Hiroshima Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Hiroshima University Higashi‐Hiroshima Hiroshima Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Hiroshima University Higashi‐Hiroshima Hiroshima Japan
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Effects of membrane morphology on the rejection of oil droplets: Theoretical analysis based on network modeling. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Sontti SG, Atta A. Numerical Insights on Controlled Droplet Formation in a Microfluidic Flow-Focusing Device. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Somasekhara Goud Sontti
- Multiscale Computational Fluid Dynamics (mCFD) Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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- Multiscale Computational Fluid Dynamics (mCFD) Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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Chen C, Weng D, Mahmood A, Chen S, Wang J. Separation Mechanism and Construction of Surfaces with Special Wettability for Oil/Water Separation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:11006-11027. [PMID: 30811172 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b01293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Oil leakage and the discharge of oil/water mixtures by domestic and industrial consumers have caused not only severe environmental pollution and a threat to all species in the ecosystem but also a huge waste of precious resources. Therefore, the separation of oil/water mixtures, especially stable emulsion, has become an urgent global issue. Recently, materials containing a special wettability feature for oil and water have drawn immense attention because of their potential applications for oil/water separation application. In this paper, we systematically summarize the fundamental theories, separation mechanism, design strategies, and recent developments in materials with special wettability for separating stratified and emulsified oil/water mixtures. The related wetting theories that unveil the physical underlying mechanism of the oil/water separation mechanism are proposed, and the practical design criteria for oil/water separation materials are provided. Guided by the fundamental design criteria, various porous materials with special wettability characteristics, including those which are superhydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic, superhydrophobic/superoleophilic, and superhydrophilic/in-air superoleophobic, are systemically analyzed. These superwetting materials are widely employed to separate oil/water mixtures: from stratified oil/water to emulsified ones. In addition, the materials that implement the demulsification of emulsified oil/water mixtures via the ingenious design of the multiscale surface morphology and construction of special wettability are also discussed. In each section, we introduce the design ideas, base materials, preparation methods, and representative works in detail. Finally, the conclusions and challenges for the oil/water separation research field are discussed in depth.
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- Chaolang Chen
- Sate Key Laboratory of Tribology , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , P. R. China
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- Sate Key Laboratory of Tribology , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , P. R. China
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- Sate Key Laboratory of Tribology , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , P. R. China
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- Sate Key Laboratory of Tribology , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , P. R. China
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- Sate Key Laboratory of Tribology , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , P. R. China
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Sontti SG, Pallewar PG, Ghosh AB, Atta A. Understanding the Influence of Rheological Properties of Shear‐Thinning Liquids on Segmented Flow in Microchannel using CLSVOF Based CFD Model. CAN J CHEM ENG 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cjce.23391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Somasekhara Goud Sontti
- Multiscale Computational Fluid Dynamics (mCFD) LaboratoryDepartment of Chemical EngineeringIndian Institute of Technology KharagpurWest Bengal 721302India
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- Multiscale Computational Fluid Dynamics (mCFD) LaboratoryDepartment of Chemical EngineeringIndian Institute of Technology KharagpurWest Bengal 721302India
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- Multiscale Computational Fluid Dynamics (mCFD) LaboratoryDepartment of Chemical EngineeringIndian Institute of Technology KharagpurWest Bengal 721302India
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- Multiscale Computational Fluid Dynamics (mCFD) LaboratoryDepartment of Chemical EngineeringIndian Institute of Technology KharagpurWest Bengal 721302India
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Sontti SG, Atta A. Formation characteristics of Taylor bubbles in power-law liquids flowing through a microfluidic co-flow device. J IND ENG CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2018.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Zhang Q, Liu N, Wei Y, Feng L. Facile fabrication of hydrogel coated membrane for controllable and selective oil-in-water emulsion separation. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:2649-2654. [PMID: 29557475 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm00139a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The facile fabrication of a hydrogel-networks coated membrane for efficient oil-in-water emulsion separation was successfully achieved through the photo-initiated free radical polymerization of 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid (AMPS). Due to the combination of the special wettability of the PAMPS hydrogel with the microscale multi-porous structure of the substrate, such a membrane is able to achieve the separation of sundry surfactants stabilized oil-in-water emulsions with high separation efficiency, large permeation flux and excellent stability. In particular, the PAMPS hydrogel coated membrane exhibits selective separation for cationic and nonionic types of surfactants stabilized emulsions via hydrogen bond interactions. The fabrication protocol is facile, cost-efficient and environmentally friendly, which can be scaled up to facilitate its practicability in sewage remediation.
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- Qingdong Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Materials for Energy and Environment, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China.
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Lattice-Boltzmann flow simulation of an oil-in-water emulsion through a coalescing filter: Effects of filter structure. Chem Eng Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2017.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Song B, Xu Q. Highly Hydrophobic and Superoleophilic Nanofibrous Mats with Controllable Pore Sizes for Efficient Oil/Water Separation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:9960-9966. [PMID: 27616190 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Both the wettability and pore size of filtration materials are of great importance in oil/water separation. However, conventional strategies have mainly focused on the fabrication of filtration materials with special wettability, regardless of the pore size. Herein, we demonstrated the design and construction of special wettable nanofibrous mats with tunable pore sizes as filtration materials for selective and efficient separation of oil from oil/water mixtures. The nanofibrous mats with different pore sizes were prepared by the electrospinning approach using a stainless steel wire mesh as the collector, and the results indicated that the pore size of the nanofibrous mats gradually increased with the decrease in the mesh number. The results of the wettability behavior demonstrated that all of the nanofibrous mats showed highly hydrophobic and superoleophilic properties. Owing to the special wettability and the porous structure, the nanofibrous mats were sequentially applied for oil/water separation, and they showed excellent ability to separate both layered oil/water mixture and water-in-oil emulsion; moreover, it was also found that the oil flux could be highly improved by controlling the pore size of the nanofibrous mat and that the oil flux of the nanofibrous mat with the largest pore size was about 10 times higher than that of the conventional nonwoven mat that had the smallest pore size. The nanofibrous mats developed with controllable pore sizes can therefore be practically used as highly efficient filtration materials in the management of oily water.
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- Botao Song
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University , Xi'an 710069, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University , Xi'an 710069, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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Mino Y, Kagawa Y, Matsuyama H, Ishigami T. Permeation of oil-in-water emulsions through coalescing filter: Two-dimensional simulation based on phase-field model. AIChE J 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.15206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yasushi Mino
- Center for Membrane and Film Technology, Dept. of Chemical Science and Engineering, Kobe University; 1-1 Rokkodai Nada-ku Kobe 657-8501 Japan
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- Center for Membrane and Film Technology, Dept. of Chemical Science and Engineering, Kobe University; 1-1 Rokkodai Nada-ku Kobe 657-8501 Japan
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- Center for Membrane and Film Technology, Dept. of Chemical Science and Engineering, Kobe University; 1-1 Rokkodai Nada-ku Kobe 657-8501 Japan
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- Dept. of Food Bioscience and Biotechnology; Nihon University; 1866 Kameino Fujisawa Kanagawa 252-0880 Japan
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Mino Y, Kagawa Y, Ishigami T, Matsuyama H. Numerical simulation of coalescence phenomena of oil-in-water emulsions permeating through straight membrane pore. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.11.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Yifan Si
- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials and Ministry-of-Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, Hubei University
- State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials and Ministry-of-Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, Hubei University
- State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Li J, Yan L, Zhao Y, Zha F, Wang Q, Lei Z. One-step fabrication of robust fabrics with both-faced superhydrophobicity for the separation and capture of oil from water. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:6451-7. [PMID: 25656955 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp00154d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In this work, a facile and inexpensive one-step sonochemistry irradiation method was developed for the fabrication of SiO2 nanoparticles functionalized with octadecyltrimethoxysilane and their in situ incorporation into cotton fabrics. The double sides of as-prepared fabrics show both superhydrophobic and superoleophilic properties simultaneously with a high water contact angle of 159 ± 1° and an oil contact angle of 0°. Thus, it can be used to separate and capture a series of oils from water, like kerosene, toluene and chloroform, etc. In addition, the as-prepared fabrics still have superhydrophobicity with a water contact angle of above 150° after 40 separation cycles with the separation efficiency for the kerosene-water mixture always above 94.6%. More importantly, the as-prepared fabrics showed robust and stable superhydrophobic properties towards hot water, many corrosive solutions (acidic, basic, salt liquids) and mechanical abrasion. Therefore, this reported fabric has the advantages of scalable fabrication, high separation efficiency, stable recyclability, and excellent durability, exhibiting the strong potential for industrial production.
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- Jian Li
- Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment-Related Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education of China, Key Laboratory of Gansu Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
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