Separation of mineral oil droplets using polypropylene fibre bed coalescence

Autor: Govedarica Dragan D., Šećerov-Sokolović Radmila M., Kiralj Arpad I., Govedarica Olga M., Sokolović Dunja S., Hadnađev-Kostić Milica S.
Jazyk: English<br />Serbian
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Hemijska Industrija, Vol 69, Iss 4, Pp 339-345 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0367-598X
2217-7426
DOI: 10.2298/HEMIND140322047G
Popis: This paper investigates the separation possibilities of model emulsion oil-in-water using polypropylene fibre bed coalescence. Experiments were carried out over a wide range of physico-chemical characteristics of mineral oils, bed permeability and operating fluid velocities. The aim of this study was to analyse the influence of the dispersed oil phase nature and of the bed geometry on the separation efficiency. From the obtained results, it can be concluded that polypropylene fibres in the broadest studied range of bed permeabilities and fluid velocities, effectively separate oil that is highly polar. On the contrary, for the other two investigated oils at low values of bed permeability a region was detected in which the coalescer is incapable to operate. It has to be emphasized that the polypropylene fibres efficiently separate all three investigated oils at the highest studied bed permeability. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 172022]
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