With the worsening of the oil-product pollution problem, oil-water separation has attracted increased attention in recent years. In this study, a porous three-dimensional (3D) carbon aerogel based on cellulose nanofibers (CNFs), poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and graphene oxide (GO) was synthesized by a facile and green approach. The resulting CNF/PVA/GO aerogels were synthesized through an environm...

Initial processing of Athabasca oil sands obtained from the water-based extraction process yields stable water-in-bitumen emulsions.When the bitumen is diluted with naphtha to reduce its viscosity and density, partial separation can be obtained with a suitable demulsifier. However, a “rag layer” forms between the clean oil and free water layers. The partially oil-wet kaolinite in clay solids ca...

Gas chromatographic analysis revealed that the oil of Crinitaria tatarica was rich in sabinene (32.1%), β-pinene (8.8%), and two unknown (M+200) compounds (I) and (II) (21.4% and 3.4%). One-step multiple fractionation of the oil and separation of two unknown constituents were performed using preparative capillary gas chromatography connected to preparative fraction collector system. This combin...

• Average mass list and logarithm scaling is preferred for PCA to separate oils in scoring plot. Fig. 1: a) Zoom-in of LDI spectra of three different crude oil samples. b) Zoom-in of LDI spectra of three repetitive measurements showing the good reproducibility of the measurement. Fig. 2: Class distribution plot of different crude oils detected as radical cations and protonated species [H] by LD...

Abstract Foamed materials are honeycomb-shaped structures bearing porous networks which exhibit considerable compressive strengths, and excellent efficiency for oil-water separation. The presence of spilled oils solvents in wastewater intensifies with accumulation over the time later creating toxicity to environment. ever growing industrial demands precede contamination water sources make it di...

in this research, some more applicable ferrofluids are produced and their mechanical specifications are measured, experimentally. also, their treatments in the ventilated cavity geometry are assessed numerically. the magnetite nanoparticles are produced by a chemical combination of fe2+ and fe3+ with nh3. in order to solve the nanoparticles in the new mediums, a proper coating is added to them....

The direct current longitudinal resistance of the squid giant axon was measured as a function of the electrode separation. Large sea water electrodes were used and the inter-electrode length was immersed in oil. The slope of the resistance vs. separation curve is large for a small electrode separation, but becomes smaller and finally constant as the separation is increased. An analysis of the r...

Sophorolipids (SLs), produced by Candida bombicola, are of interest as potential replacements for hazardous commercial surfactants. For the first time, a series of molecularly edited SLs with ethyl (EE), n-hexyl (HE), and n-decyl (DE) esters were evaluated at an oil (almond oil)-water interface for their ability to reduce interfacial tension (IFT) and generate stable emulsions. An increase in t...