Carbon–silica composite nanofiber membrane for high flux separation of water-in-oil emulsion – Performance study and fouling mechanism

• Main Authors: Tai, Ming Hang, Juay, Jermyn, Leckie, James O., Sun, Darren Delai
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water treatment; Electrospinning; Carbon nanofiber; Superoleophilicity; Membrane; Oil–water separation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80871; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38856
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A flexible, hydrophobic and oleophilic carbon nanofiber membrane was prepared from electrospinning for cross-flow filtration of water-in-oil emulsion under various operating conditions. Experimental results show that the membrane has a high throughput of clean oil at low pressure. Furthermore, the m...