Superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic nanofibrous membrane with hierarchical structured skin for effective oil-in-water emulsion separation

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 497-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianlong Ge ◽  
Jichao Zhang ◽  
Fei Wang ◽  
Zhaoling Li ◽  
Jianyong Yu ◽  
...  

A superwettable nanofibrous membrane with hierarchical structured skin for effective oil/water emulsion separation was fabricated via a combination of electrospinning and electrospraying.

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3434
Author(s):  
Haodong Zhao ◽  
Yali He ◽  
Zhihua Wang ◽  
Yanbao Zhao ◽  
Lei Sun

Emulsified oily wastewater threatens human health seriously, and traditional technologies are unable to separate emulsion containing small sized oil droplets. Currently, oil–water emulsions are usually separated by special wettability membranes, and researchers are devoted to developing membranes with excellent antifouling performance and high permeability. Herein, a novel, simple and low-cost method has been proposed for the separation of emulsion containing surfactants. Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers were prepared via electrospinning and then coated by polydopamine (PDA) by using self-polymerization reactions in aqueous solutions. The morphology, structure and oil-in-water emulsion separation properties of the as-prepared PDA@PAN nanofibrous membrane were tested. The results show that PDA@PAN nanofibrous membrane has superhydrophilicity and almost no adhesion to crude oil in water, which exhibits excellent oil–water separation ability. The permeability and separation efficiency of n-hexane/water emulsion are up to 1570 Lm−2 h−1 bar−1 and 96.1%, respectively. Furthermore, after 10 cycles of separation, the permeability and separation efficiency values do not decrease significantly, indicating its good recycling performance. This research develops a new method for preparing oil–water separation membrane, which can be used for efficient oil-in-water emulsion separation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (26) ◽  
pp. 10225-10230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao-Cheng Yang ◽  
Kun-Jian Liao ◽  
He Huang ◽  
Qing-Yun Wu ◽  
Ling-Shu Wan ◽  
...  

Polydopamine/polyethyleneimine-decorated membranes were fabricated with excellent surface hydrophilicity and high water permeability for oil/water emulsion separation under atmospheric pressure.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (30) ◽  
pp. 11830-11838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Li ◽  
Dan Hu ◽  
Kun Huang ◽  
Chuanfang Yang

Stainless steel felt modified with hierarchically structured coatings and hydrophobicity can achieve a removal efficiency of greater than 99% for oil-in-water emulsion separation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (46) ◽  
pp. 26456-26468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Arshadi ◽  
Morteza Azizi ◽  
Hamid Souzandeh ◽  
Chen Tan ◽  
Seyed Mohammad Davachi ◽  
...  

Various membranes have been developed for the separation of oil/water mixtures; however, their fabrication requires toxic reagents, multiple processing steps, and advanced technologies.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (87) ◽  
pp. 71345-71354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Li ◽  
Dan Hu ◽  
Lixia Cao ◽  
Chuanfang Yang

Coalescence sensitivity to surface wettability and pore size of roughened stainless steel felt was revealed for oil-in-water emulsion separation.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (40) ◽  
pp. 15546-15553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Li ◽  
Changcheng Xu ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Rongfang Wang ◽  
Fei Zha ◽  
...  

The superhydrophobic PU sponges separated oils from immiscible oil/water mixture and oil-in-water emulsion with the separation efficiency over 99.8%.


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