Separations, Volume 13, Issue 1

The use of lecithin as an emulsifier in food supplements has increased in recent years. However, successful formation of liposomes or micelles requires an appropriate mixture of phospholipids in lecithin. To evaluate the emulsification properties of...

ISO 22002-100:2025 introduces stringent and more technically explicit prerequisite programme (PRP) requirements for allergen management, food fraud mitigation, and the control of chemical and packaging-related contaminants across the food, feed, and...

Capacitive deionization (CDI) technology represents an emerging and energy-efficient solution for seawater desalination and wastewater treatment. To further enhance its sustainability and economic viability, it is very important to develop high-perfo...

Organic pollution poses a serious threat to global water safety, while traditional treatment technologies suffer from low efficiency, high costs, and secondary pollution issues. This study successfully develops a highly efficient separation and photo...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative condition that progressively impairs cognitive processes, particularly learning and memory. A key pathological feature of AD involves senile plaques mainly composed of β-amyloid (A&...

Human exposure to persistent organic pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and brominated flame retardants (BFR), including both legacy and emerging compounds, remains a concern due to their bioaccumulative nature and potential health ef...

Although numerous baseline correction methods exist, most are confined to static post-elution processing and fail to meet real-time analysis requirements. To address this, we propose a real-time baseline estimation method based on the Informer time-s...

This study presents an eccentric pipe separator (EPS) designed according to the shallow pool principle and Stokes’ law as a compact alternative to conventional gravitational tank separators for offshore platforms. To investigate the internal oi...

Sulfamethoxazole (SMX), a widely used antibiotic, poses potential threats to ecosystems and human health due to its persistence and residues in aquatic environments. This study developed a novel intelligent water treatment system, namely Intelligent...

Widely used in treating oil mist aerosols generated from metalworking processes, conventional gas–liquid coalescing filters face drawbacks such as increased energy consumption, performance limitations, and shortened service life due to high ste...

In this study, a novel Bi₂O₃/BiOBr_0.9I_0.1 (BO0.9−BBI0.1) composite photocatalyst was successfully synthesized via a single-pot solvothermal method for the efficient degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) under visible light. The...

Saponins are valuable health-promoting metabolites. The genus Sechium spp. is a valuable source of such metabolites. Unfortunately, there is no established method for the extraction of saponins from the fruits of this species. Therefore, this researc...

Ionic liquids (ILs) have attracted considerable attention for light olefin separation owing to their negligible vapor pressure, excellent thermal stability, and tunable molecular structures. However, their intrinsically high viscosity severely restri...

In an effort to evaluate the performance of a 5-gallon pot still in separating yeast-derived congeners during the distillation of a grain-based distiller’s beer, the distillates of a fermented mash of cracked corn, malted barley, and wheat were...

Siraitia grosvenorii (Swingle) C. Jeffrey is widely recognized for its anti-inflammatory properties, as well as its roles in lung purification, phlegm elimination, intestinal function regulation, and anti-tumor activity. Its pharmacological activity...

Grinding is an essential process in mineral processing. Hydrogen-based mineral phase transformation, used to efficiently process refractory iron ores, can alter the physical and chemical properties of the ore, affecting its grinding characteristics....

Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) is a major atmospheric pollutant and also a recoverable nitrogen resource, for which adsorption offers a promising technical pathway. This review systematically summarizes the recent progress in the removal of NO₂ from flue gas...

Chromium (Cr) is a widespread heavy metal contaminant in aquatic environments, posing serious risks to phytoplankton due to its persistence, biotoxicity, and mutagenic potential. Microalgae have emerged as promising biological agents for Cr remediati...

The efficient recovery of platinum (Pt) from spent catalysts is of critical strategic importance to alleviate resource scarcity and supply chain dependencies. This study developed an ultrasonic-assisted leaching process using a H₂SO₄-NaCl system for...

Pharmaceuticals, classified as emerging pollutants, are extensively applied in both human and veterinary medicine to treat various diseases. Their widespread application has led to their occurrence in water, soil, sediments, and living organisms. Eve...

This paper aimed to optimize the ultra-high-pressure extraction process of flavonoids from guanxiang leaves, evaluate their antioxidant capacity, and identify the flavonoids. Methods: Guanxiang leaves were used as the raw material. The extraction pro...

China has abundant deep coalbed methane (CBM) resources; however, high temperature, stress, and reservoir pressure complicate the gas adsorption–desorption–diffusion–seepage processes, severely restricting the development of deep CB...

Sludge, a by-product of wastewater treatment, contains harmful components that negatively impact the environment. One of the most ecologically viable and cost-effective methods for sludge treatment is anaerobic digestion, which produces biogas and st...

Polar compounds can be separated on polar stationary phases attached on the surface of silica hydride (Type C silica). Although aqueous normal phase (ANP) chromatography has been used to denote this mode of separation, there have been no detailed stu...

Understanding how molecular structure governs the reactivity of organic amines with CO₂ is essential for the rational design of next-generation carbon-capture solvents. In this work, three representative series of amines, including linear aliphatic,...

The hydrophobic region of semaglutide makes it prone to aggregation in aqueous solution, which leads to serious interception in microfiltration. The influences of pH and low concentrations of salts (NaCl, CH₃COONa, Na₂SO₄ and (NH₄)₂SO₄) on the partic...

A semi-empirical lumped parameter model for the extraction process of traditional Chinese medicine based on thermal equilibrium was established in this work. In this model, the effect of heat dissipation was considered. Differential equations was sol...

As one of the key components in technetium-labeled radiopharmaceuticals, the quality of the dimercaptosuccinate (DMSA) plays a critical role in determining the safety and efficacy of the final drug product. However, due to its high polarity and susce...

Gas–solid separation fluidized bed is an efficient coal cleaning and separation technology, and this technology has been extensively used in coal separation. The separation of the feeding coal particles in the fluidized bed is generally carried...

This work aims to adsorb CO and CO₂ using a low-cost biogenic waste (bone) as a platform for the in situ growth of HKUST-1, employing two methodologies. The synthesized composite materials, BMOF2 and BMOF3, exhibited functional, textural, and structu...

Intensive calcination, selection and metallurgical joint comprehensive utilization of solid waste blast furnace gas ash generated by a Chinese iron and steel plant. The main valuable elements in the gas ash are Fe, Pb, Zn, and C, with contents of 22....

This study focuses on the optimization of modern extraction techniques for selected by-product materials, including apple, lemon, and tangerine peels, and onion skins, using artificial neural network (ANN) models. The extraction methods included ultr...

Industrial effluents often contain azeotropic mixtures that are difficult to separate by conventional distillation. An illustrative case is the methanol/methyl acetate/ethyl acetate (MA/ME/EA) mixture. To address these challenges, this work studies t...

Traditional herbal prescriptions composed of multiple botanicals remain central to ethnopharmacological practice; however, their chemical basis and classification remain poorly understood. Non-volatile compound analyses of herbal medicines are well e...

Screening is a critical link in the separation of gold ores. However, issues such as the agglomeration of material masses and screen aperture blinding often lead to low screening precision and poor desliming performance, severely impacting the effici...

Ferrate as an environmentally friendly oxidant has been widely used in the environmental remediation and versatile functionalization of carbon-based materials. In this study, we investigated its ability to induce surface wettability of polymers and i...

Chirality remains the most neglected axis of pesticide residue science. Many active ingredients are sold as racemates although their enantiomers differ in potency, persistence, transport, and toxicology; as a result, total concentration is a poor sur...

The extensive use of antiviral substances (SASs) during and after the COVID-19 pandemic has increased their release into wastewater systems, raising concerns regarding their persistence and potential ecotoxicological effects. The primary objective of...

This paper addresses the problem of high fine particle content in the overflow and insufficient separation efficiency of traditional cyclone clarifiers. A cyclone clarifier with a spiral guide groove is proposed. A comparative numerical simulation an...

The contamination of water bodies by industrial dyes is a critical environmental challenge due to the toxicity and persistence of these compounds in aquatic ecosystems. This study evaluated the efficiency of Trichoderma koningiopsis immobilized on Lu...