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中国化学工程学报 ›› 2021, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (8): 29-37.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2020.07.034

• Separation Science and Engineering • 上一篇    下一篇

Coalescence separation of oil water emulsion on amphiphobic fluorocarbon polymer and silica nanoparticles coated fiber-bed coalescer

Qian Zhang1,2,3, Lei Li1,2,3, Lixia Cao1,3, Yanxiang Li1,3, Wangliang Li1,2,3   

  1. 1 CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
    2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
    3 Innovation Academy for Green Manufacture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 收稿日期:2020-05-15 修回日期:2020-07-02 出版日期:2021-08-28 发布日期:2021-09-30
  • 通讯作者: Lei Li, Wangliang Li
  • 基金资助:
    This work is supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under the contract number of 2017YFB0308000, Program of Innovation Academy for Green Manufacture, CAS (IAGM2020C04), the State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing (SKLOP201903001) and Key Research and Development Program of Hebei Province, China (20374001D).

Coalescence separation of oil water emulsion on amphiphobic fluorocarbon polymer and silica nanoparticles coated fiber-bed coalescer

Qian Zhang1,2,3, Lei Li1,2,3, Lixia Cao1,3, Yanxiang Li1,3, Wangliang Li1,2,3   

  1. 1 CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
    2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
    3 Innovation Academy for Green Manufacture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • Received:2020-05-15 Revised:2020-07-02 Online:2021-08-28 Published:2021-09-30
  • Contact: Lei Li, Wangliang Li
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under the contract number of 2017YFB0308000, Program of Innovation Academy for Green Manufacture, CAS (IAGM2020C04), the State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing (SKLOP201903001) and Key Research and Development Program of Hebei Province, China (20374001D).

摘要: Discharging untreated oily wastewater into the environment disrupts the ecological balance, which is a global problem that requires urgent solutions. Superhydrophilic and superoleophilic fibrous medium (FM) effectively separated oil-water emulsion as it was hydrophobic underwater. But its separation efficiencies (SEs) first increased to 98.9%, then dropped to 97.6% in 10 min because of oil-fouling. To tackle this problem, FM deposited with 0%-10% silica nanoparticle (NPsFMs), then coated by fluorocarbon polymer (X-[CH2CH2O]nCH2CH2O-Y-NH-COOCH2C4F9) (FCNPsFMs), was used to enhance its roughness and regulate its initial wettability to improve the anti-fouling property. FCFM and FCNPsFMs were hydrophobic and oleophobic in air and oleophobic underwater. Their water contact angles, oil contact angles and oil contact angles were 115.3°-121.1°, 128.8°-136.5°, and 131.6°-136.7°, respectively, meeting the requirement of 90°-140° for coalescence separation. FCNPsFM-5 had the best separation performance with a constant value of 99.8% in 10 min, while that of FCNPsFM-10 slightly decreased to 99.5%. Theoretical released droplet (TRD) diameter, calculated by the square root of the product of pore radius and fiber diameter, was used for the evaluation of coalescence performance. Analyzed by two ideal models, TRD diameter and fiber diameter showed a parabola type relationship, proving that the separation efficiency was a collaborative work of wettability, pore size and fiber diameter. Also, it explained the SEs reduction from FCNPsFM-5 to FCNPsFM-10 was revelent to the three parameters. Moreover, FCNPsFMs effectively separated emulsions stabilized by cationic surfactant CTAB (SEs:97.3%-98.4%) and anionic surfactant SDBS (SEs:91.3%-93.4%). But they had an adverse effect on nonionic surfactant Tween-80 emulsion separation (SEs:94.0%-71.76%). Emulsions made by diverse oils can be effectively separated:octane (SEs:99.4%-100%), rapeseed oil (SEs:97.3%-98.8%), and diesel (SEs:95.2%-97.0%). These findings provide new insights for designing novel materials for oil-water separation by coalescence mechanism.

关键词: Oil-water separation, Fluorocarbon polymer, Amphiphobic, Coalescence

Abstract: Discharging untreated oily wastewater into the environment disrupts the ecological balance, which is a global problem that requires urgent solutions. Superhydrophilic and superoleophilic fibrous medium (FM) effectively separated oil-water emulsion as it was hydrophobic underwater. But its separation efficiencies (SEs) first increased to 98.9%, then dropped to 97.6% in 10 min because of oil-fouling. To tackle this problem, FM deposited with 0%-10% silica nanoparticle (NPsFMs), then coated by fluorocarbon polymer (X-[CH2CH2O]nCH2CH2O-Y-NH-COOCH2C4F9) (FCNPsFMs), was used to enhance its roughness and regulate its initial wettability to improve the anti-fouling property. FCFM and FCNPsFMs were hydrophobic and oleophobic in air and oleophobic underwater. Their water contact angles, oil contact angles and oil contact angles were 115.3°-121.1°, 128.8°-136.5°, and 131.6°-136.7°, respectively, meeting the requirement of 90°-140° for coalescence separation. FCNPsFM-5 had the best separation performance with a constant value of 99.8% in 10 min, while that of FCNPsFM-10 slightly decreased to 99.5%. Theoretical released droplet (TRD) diameter, calculated by the square root of the product of pore radius and fiber diameter, was used for the evaluation of coalescence performance. Analyzed by two ideal models, TRD diameter and fiber diameter showed a parabola type relationship, proving that the separation efficiency was a collaborative work of wettability, pore size and fiber diameter. Also, it explained the SEs reduction from FCNPsFM-5 to FCNPsFM-10 was revelent to the three parameters. Moreover, FCNPsFMs effectively separated emulsions stabilized by cationic surfactant CTAB (SEs:97.3%-98.4%) and anionic surfactant SDBS (SEs:91.3%-93.4%). But they had an adverse effect on nonionic surfactant Tween-80 emulsion separation (SEs:94.0%-71.76%). Emulsions made by diverse oils can be effectively separated:octane (SEs:99.4%-100%), rapeseed oil (SEs:97.3%-98.8%), and diesel (SEs:95.2%-97.0%). These findings provide new insights for designing novel materials for oil-water separation by coalescence mechanism.

Key words: Oil-water separation, Fluorocarbon polymer, Amphiphobic, Coalescence