Investigation on the Effect of Properties of the Filler on the Efficiency of the Separation of Water-Petroleum Emulsions

Abstract:

Abstract. The aim of the present paper is to select suitable filtering material which would be effective for the separation of the aqueous petroleum emulsion. Furthermore, the paper discusses the principles and conditions for separation using filtering materials of different natures. During the experiments, the influences of several factors on the degree of separation were studied: 1) filler material 2) period of contact between emulsion and filler (by varying the model emulsion feeding rate and reactor size) 3) emulsion flow direction through the reactor (to study the effect of gravitation during separation). The experiments were performed with a cylindrical reactor. It was found that the effective separation of water and petroleum requires periods of contact between the emulsion and the filler. Besides, filler should have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 560-561)
• Pages: 620-626
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.560-561.620
• Online since: August 2012
• Authors: Irena Georgieva Markovska, Bogdan Iliev Bogdanov, Nikolai Konkordievich Zaitcev, Dimitar Petrov Georgiev, Yancho Hristov
• Keywords: Emulsion, Filler Material, Hydrophilic Property, Hydrophobic Property, Separation

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