Renewable Adsorbent for the Separation of Surfactant-Stabilized Oil in Water Emulsions Based on Nanostructured Sawdust

Synthesis of NiFe2O4/sawdust nanocomposite for oil-water separation

organic solvents. In this study, NiFe2O4/sawdust nanocomposite was synthesized for removingoil pollutants. The oil-adsorbing nanocomposite could be easily separated from water bymagnet bar. The XRD results show tetragonal phase proving the composite formation. TheFESEM pictures successfully reveal the growth of NiFe2O4 on the sawdust template. The FTIRbands at 422 cm-1 and 615 cm-1correspond to...

Exergy Destruction in Pipeline Flow of Surfactant-Stabilized Oil-in-Water Emulsions

Exergy destruction in adiabatic pipeline flow of surfactant-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions is investigated in five different diameter pipes. The dispersed-phase (oil droplets) concentration of the emulsions is varied from 0% to 55.14% vol. The emulsions are Newtonian in that the viscosity is independent of the shear rate. For a given emulsion and pipe diameter, the exergy destruction rate pe...

Novel thermo-responsive coloring phenomena in water/surfactant/oil emulsions.

Emulsions comprising a dual-surfactant system of a long-chain amidoamine derivative and a quaternary ammonium salt developed an iridescent color at a specific temperature region. The emulsions underwent phase inversion on heating from an O/W emulsion to a W/O emulsion, passing through a periodical lamellar structure which developed a characteristic interference color. Interestingly, the color a...

On the preparation of lecithin-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions by multi-stage premix membrane emulsification

Modeling the Rheological Properties of Carboxymethylcellulose Stabilized O/W Emulsions Based on Sunflower Oil and Tallow Fat

The aim of this research was to assess the effect of fat type and concentration as well as the continuous phase viscosity on the rheological properties of an oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion. Thus, sunflower oil and tallow fat were used as the dispersed phase of the emulsion both at 10 and 50% (w/v) and CMC solutions (at 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5% w/v) were acted as the continuous phase. CMC solutions and em...