Chemical cleaning of potable water membranes: A review

N Porcelli, S Judd - Separation and purification technology, 2010 - Elsevier
The literature on chemical cleaning of polymeric hollow fibre ultrafiltration and microfiltration
membranes used in the filtration of water for municipal water supply is reviewed. The review …

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

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

A combination of solvent extraction and freeze thaw for oil recovery from petroleum refinery wastewater treatment pond sludge

G Hu, J Li, H Hou - Journal of hazardous materials, 2015 - Elsevier
A combination of solvent extraction and freeze thaw was examined for recovering oil from
the high-moisture petroleum refinery wastewater treatment pond sludge. Five solvents …

Optimization of the demulsification of water in oil emulsion via non-ionic surfactant by the response surface methods

MM Abdulredha, SA Hussain, LC Abdullah - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The most challenging issue faced by the petroleum industry in recent years was the water
production during crude oil and gas extraction. This challenge has caused aggravated …

Demulsification of water in oil emulsion using ionic liquids: Statistical modeling and optimization

P Biniaz, M Farsi, MR Rahimpour - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
In this research, the performance of three ionic liquids namely Trioctylmethylammonium
chloride, Trioctylmethylammonium bromide and 1-Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing dehydration/desalting efficiency of crude oil emulsions through experimental and computational insights

S Ahmadi, A Khormali, Y Kazemzadeh… - Results in Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The formation of unwanted oil emulsions during producing, transporting, and processing
crude oils is a major challenging issue, which causes serious technical problems, and …

Experimental study and machine learning modeling of water removal efficiency from crude oil using demulsifier

HH Hashem, T Kikhavani, MA Moradkhani - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study deals with the investigation of the water removal efficiency (WRE) from crude oil
using a commercial demulsifier. The impacts of time, demulsifier concentration, and …

Viscoplastic sessile drop coalescence

VR Kern, T Sæter, A Carlson - Physical Review Fluids, 2022 - APS
The evolution of the liquid bridge formed between two coalescing sessile yield-stress drops
is studied experimentally. Surprisingly, we find that the height of the bridge evolves similar to …

[HTML][HTML] Theoretical and experimental investigation of desalting and dehydration of crude oil by assistance of ultrasonic irradiation

GR Check, D Mowla - Ultrasonics sonochemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper desalting/dehydration process of crude oil by ultrasonic irradiation in a novel
batch standing-wave resonator reactor is studied both theoretically and experimentally. The …

Optimization of the performance of a double-chamber microbial fuel cell through factorial design of experiments and response surface methodology

S Madani, R Gheshlaghi, MA Mahdavi, M Sobhani… - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
Although microbial fuel cells are potential candidates for electricity generation with
concomitant treatment of wastewater, operational and technological improvements are still …