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Textured ceramic membranes for desilting and deoiling of produced water in the Permian Basin. iScience 2022; 25:105063. [PMID: 36157574 PMCID: PMC9490591 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Oil production in the Permian Basin gives rise to large volumes of produced water contaminated by silt, emulsified oil, and additives used for enhanced oil recovery. There is intense interest in the design of membrane modules as sustainable alternatives for produced water treatment to enable the reuse of produced water for agricultural applications, injection into aquifers, and redeployment in oil recovery. Here, we report a hierarchically textured cement-based membrane exhibiting orthogonal wettability, specifically, superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic characteristics. The in situ formation of ettringite needles accompanied by embedding of glass spheres imbues multiscale texturation to stainless-steel mesh membranes, enabling the separation of silt and oil from produced water at high flux rates (1600 L h−1۰m−2, at ca. 2.7 bar). Oil concentration is reduced as low as 1 ppb with an overall separation efficiency of 99.7% in single-pass filtration. The membranes show outstanding mechanical resilience and retention of performance across multiple cycles. Multiscale 3D texturation of a metal mesh membrane engenders orthogonal wettability High separation efficiency of ca. 99% was achieved for produced water Oil concentration reduced to ≤1 ppb in a single pass at a high flux rate Desiliting and deoiling demonstrated for real produced water streams
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Wu J, Zhao X, Tang C, Lei J, Li L. One-step dipping method to prepare inorganic-organic composite superhydrophobic coating for durable protection of magnesium alloys. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2022.104364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Niu Z, Luo W, Liu W, Sun Q, Mu P, Li J. One-step constructing of underwater superoleophobic bed for highly efficient oil-in-water emulsions separation. J DISPER SCI TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2022.2049291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Zhenhua Niu
- Gansu International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Water-retention Chemical Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, P. R. China
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- Gansu International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Water-retention Chemical Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, P. R. China
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- Gansu International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Water-retention Chemical Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, P. R. China
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- Gansu International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Water-retention Chemical Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, P. R. China
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- Gansu International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Water-retention Chemical Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, P. R. China
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- Gansu International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Water-retention Chemical Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, P. R. China
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Douglas L, Rivera-Gonzalez N, Cool N, Bajpayee A, Udayakantha M, Liu GW, Anita, Banerjee S. A Materials Science Perspective of Midstream Challenges in the Utilization of Heavy Crude Oil. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:1547-1574. [PMID: 35071852 PMCID: PMC8772305 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c06399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2021] [Accepted: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
Abstract
An increasing global population and a sharply upward trajectory of per capita energy consumption continue to drive the demand for fossil fuels, which remain integral to energy grids and the global transportation infrastructure. The oil and gas industry is increasingly reliant on unconventional deposits such as heavy crude oil and bitumen for reasons of accessibility, scale, and geopolitics. Unconventional deposits such as the Canadian Oil Sands in Northern Alberta contain more than one-third of the world's viscous oil reserves and are vital linchpins to meet the energy needs of rapidly industrializing populations. Heavy oil is typically recovered from subsurface deposits using thermal recovery approaches such as steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). In this perspective article, we discuss several aspects of materials science challenges in the utilization of heavy crude oil with an emphasis on the needs of the Canadian Oil Sands. In particular, we discuss surface modification and materials' design approaches essential to operations under extreme environments of high temperatures and pressures and the presence of corrosive species. The demanding conditions for materials and surfaces are directly traceable to the high viscosity, low surface tension, and substantial sulfur content of heavy crude oil, which necessitates extensive energy-intensive thermal processes, warrants dilution/emulsification to ease the flow of rheologically challenging fluids, and engenders the need to protect corrodible components. Geopolitical reasons have further led to a considerable geographic separation between extraction sites and advanced refineries capable of processing heavy oils to a diverse slate of products, thus necessitating a massive midstream infrastructure for transportation of these rheologically challenging fluids. Innovations in fluid handling, bitumen processing, and midstream transportation are critical to the economic viability of heavy oil. Here, we discuss foundational principles, recent technological advancements, and unmet needs emphasizing candidate solutions for thermal insulation, membrane-assisted separations, corrosion protection, and midstream bitumen transportation. This perspective seeks to highlight illustrative materials' technology developments spanning the range from nanocomposite coatings and cement sheaths for thermal insulation to the utilization of orthogonal wettability to engender separation of water-oil emulsions stabilized by endogenous surfactants extracted during SAGD, size-exclusion membranes for fractionation of bitumen, omniphobic coatings for drag reduction in pipelines and to ease oil handling in containers, solid prills obtained from partial bitumen solidification to enable solid-state transport with reduced risk of damage from spills, and nanocomposite coatings incorporating multiple modes of corrosion inhibition. Future outlooks for onsite partial upgradation are also described, which could potentially bypass the use of refineries for some fractions, enable access to a broader cross-section of refineries, and enable a new distributed chemical manufacturing paradigm.
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- Lacey
D. Douglas
- Department
of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas
A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3003, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas
A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3003, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas
A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3003, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas
A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3003, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas
A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3003, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas
A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3003, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas
A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3003, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas
A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3003, United States
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Robust PVA-GO-TiO2 composite membrane for efficient separation oil-in-water emulsions with stable high flux. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Zhu J, Shen G, Jiang W, Shen X. The preparation and properties study of novel hydrophobic/superhdrophobic coatings based on fluorine modified perhydropolysilazane. J DISPER SCI TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2021.1974871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Jianxin Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
- Zhangjiagang Institute of Nanjing Tech University, Suzhou, China
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- Zhangjiagang Institute of Nanjing Tech University, Suzhou, China
- Shantou Technician College, Shantou, China
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- Guangzhou Sysmyk New Material Technology Co., Ltd, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
- Zhangjiagang Institute of Nanjing Tech University, Suzhou, China
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Qu M, Pang Y, Li J, Wang R, Luo Z, He D, Sun W, Peng L, He J. Efficient separation of oil‐in‐water emulsion based on a superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic polyvinylidene fluoride membrane. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.6993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Mengnan Qu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xi'an University of Science and Technology Xi'an China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xi'an University of Science and Technology Xi'an China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xi'an University of Science and Technology Xi'an China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xi'an University of Science and Technology Xi'an China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xi'an University of Science and Technology Xi'an China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xi'an University of Science and Technology Xi'an China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xi'an University of Science and Technology Xi'an China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xi'an University of Science and Technology Xi'an China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xi'an University of Science and Technology Xi'an China
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Li Z, Zhang TC, Mokoba T, Yuan S. Superwetting Bi 2MoO 6/Cu 3(PO 4) 2 Nanosheet-Coated Copper Mesh with Superior Anti-Oil-Fouling and Photo-Fenton-like Catalytic Properties for Effective Oil-in-Water Emulsion Separation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:23662-23674. [PMID: 33985327 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c02814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Superwetting materials with excellent anti-oil-fouling performance for the treatment of oily wastewater are urgently demanded in practice. In this work, aiming at effectively separating diverse oil-in-water emulsions, a multifunctional Bi2MoO6/Cu3(PO4)2 nanosheet-coated copper mesh was successfully fabricated by the combination of chemical oxidation and ultrasonic irradiation deposition methods. The resultant copper mesh exhibited superior superhydrophilicity/underwater superoleophobicity and, more importantly, preferable anti-oil-fouling property benefitting from the stable and firm hydration layer. A series of oil/water separation experiments for the highly emulsified surfactant-free and surfactant-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions were conducted, with the respective permeation fluxes of up to 3000 and 700 L·m-2·h-1 and the corresponding separation efficiencies of 99.5 and 98.6% solely driven by gravity. Meanwhile, considering the photo-Fenton-like catalytic activity of Bi2MoO6, the as-fabricated copper mesh exhibited excellent degradation ability toward organic pollutants under visible light irradiation. More importantly, stability tests were performed to evaluate the ability to cope with the harsh environments for practical applications. With the outstanding performances of high separation efficiency, desirable photo-Fenton-like catalytic capacity, and strong stability, the Bi2MoO6/Cu3(PO4)2 nanosheet-coated copper mesh holds promising potential for purifying emulsified wastewater.
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- Zhikai Li
- Low-carbon Technology & Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab, College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P. R. China
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- Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Omaha, Nebraska 68182-0178, United States
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- Low-carbon Technology & Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab, College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P. R. China
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- Low-carbon Technology & Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab, College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P. R. China
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Wu M, Liu W, Mu P, Wang Q, Li J. Sacrifice Template Strategy to the Fabrication of a Self-Cleaning Nanofibrous Membrane for Efficient Crude Oil-in-Water Emulsion Separation with High Flux. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:53484-53493. [PMID: 33174424 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c15387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The superhydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic membrane materials have attracted considerable attention in oil/water separation. However, most materials are extremely susceptible to pollution during oil-water separation, which drastically restricts their widespread applications. Herein, a momordica-charantia-like nanofibrous membrane (MCNM) with underwater superoleophobic performance was fabricated through a sacrifice template strategy by the electrospinning solution of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) and polyacrylonitrile particles. The opened voids and wrinkles left after removing the template of nanocrystals ZIF-8 not only increased the porosity and roughness of the as-prepared fibrous membrane but also tremendously improved the underwater superoleophobicity. Therefore, the as-prepared MCNM showed excellent self-cleaning performance toward crude oil under water, avoiding the decrease of the separation efficiency and flux caused by membrane fouling during oil-water separation. Meanwhile, the separation efficiency of various surfactant-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions was higher than 99.6% with a flux up to 1580 ± 30 L m-2 h-1 solely driven by gravity. Moreover, no obvious wrinkles and cracks were observed on the resulted nanofibrous membrane after the sand impact and bent testing. More importantly, the as-prepared MCNM still maintained exceptional underwater superoleophobicity in harsh environment (3.5 wt % NaCl, 4 M HCl, 50 °C hot water) even after ultrasound for 1 h. The robust mechanical and chemical stability makes the antifouling MCNM exhibit tremendous potential for practical applications in dealing with oily wastewater in the future.
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- Mingming Wu
- Key Laboratory of Eco-functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, P. R. China
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Yin Y, Zhu L, Chang X, Xue J, Yu S, Li X, Xue Q. Bioinspired Anti-Oil-Fouling Hierarchical Structured Membranes Decorated with Urchin-Like α-FeOOH Particles for Efficient Oil/Water Mixture and Crude Oil-in-Water Emulsion Separation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:50962-50970. [PMID: 33138359 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c11677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Designing and constructing a stable water-retention layer acting as the isolation between the oil and membrane surface holds great significance for solving the membrane fouling problems in oil/water separation, including common layered oil/water mixtures, immiscible oil-in-water emulsions, and even high-viscosity crude oil-in-water emulsions. Inspired by the self-cleaning property of sea urchin thorns, a bioinspired anti-oil-fouling hierarchically structured membranes decorated with urchin-like α-FeOOH particles was successfully prepared via the layer-by-layer (LBL) self-assembly method, maintaining numerous effective micro-nanopores. The hierarchical structured membrane exhibited superior superhydrophilicity/underwater superoleophobicity, high water-retention ability, and preferable anti-oil-fouling properties. Furthermore, the biomimetic membrane with controllable pore sizes could not only separate common layered oil/water mixtures but also effectively separate immiscible surfactant-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions of both low-viscosity crude oil and high-viscosity crude oil with an ultrahigh water flux up to 2598.4 L m-2 h-1 and an outstanding separation efficiency of 98.5%, revealing its promising prospect in oily wastewater treatment.
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- Yingying Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, P. R. China
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Superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic cement-coated mesh for oil/water separation by gravity. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Gao X, Ma Q, Jin Z, Nian P, Wang Z. Switchable superlyophobic zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 film-coated stainless-steel meshes for selective oil–water emulsion separation with high flux. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj02517h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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A switchable superlyophobic ZIF-8 membrane can selectively remove oil droplets in oil-in-water emulsions via superoleophobicity and water droplets in water-in-oil emulsions via superhydrophobicity.
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- Xin Gao
- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education
- Ningxia University
- Yinchuan 750021
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education
- Ningxia University
- Yinchuan 750021
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- Ningxia Coal Industry Co. Ltd
- China Energy Group
- Yinchuan 750411
- People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education
- Ningxia University
- Yinchuan 750021
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education
- Ningxia University
- Yinchuan 750021
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