Emulsion separation, intensification

These attributes are used in devising intensified processes as well as in the discovery of several size dependent phenomena, especially in biology, which are subsequently utilized in BI. Currently, PHPs (both hydrophobic and hydrophilic versions) are used in the intensification of stable water-in-oil emulsion separation (demulsification), gas-liquid separation, as applied to tar and water removal from biogas produced through the gasification of biomass, BI, tissue engineering, and metal ion/toxin removal from... 

Akay, G. Dogru, M. Calkan, B. Calkan, O.F. Flow induced phase inversion phenomenon in process intensification and micro-reactor technology. Process intensification in water-in-crude oil emulsion separation by simultaneous application of electric field and polymeric demulsifiers. In Microreact Technology and Process Intensification Wang, Y., Halladay, J., Eds. Oxford University Press Oxford, 2005 Chapter, 18. 

Akay, G. Noor, Z.Z. Dogru, M. Process intensification in water-in-crude oil emulsion separation... 

Fig. 9 Process intensification in water-in-crude oil separation under electric field with or without PHP variation of percentage of separation with electric field strength applied over a distance of 10 cm when the emulsion flow rate is kept constant at 60ml/min. Percentage separation into oil-water layers is carried out either immediately (within 10 min) or after 1 hr of emulsion passing through the electric field. (From Ref. " l) (View this art in color at www.dekker. com.)...

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