Advanced Oil–Water Separation Technology
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Separations".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2024 | Viewed by 6449
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Oil–water mixtures are widely produced in our daily life and industrial production, evident in oil spills, mechanical processing, etc. The direct discharge of untreated oil–water mixtures will cause serious environmental pollution, ecological damage, and even danger to human health. How to achieve efficient separation of oil–water mixtures has become an urgent global issue.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the progress made in the devleopment of oil–water separation technology. We welcome contributions (original research papers and review articles) that report on advanced technology, new materials, new methods, and membranes with special wettability for separating layered oil–water mixtures or emulsified oil–water mixtures (e.g., oil-in-water emulsions, water-in-oil emulsions).
Dr. Chaolang Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- oil–water separation
- oil-in-water emulsion
- water-in-oil emulsion
- membrane technology
- wettability
- superhydrophobic or superhydrophilic
- superoleophilic or superoleophobic
- separation mechanism