Open AccessPreparation and application of low-cost ceramic membranes for separation of oil-water emulsion
Author(s) -
Pooja Gopinath,
Murali Pujari,
Tirumala Rao Kotni
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2070/1/012076
Subject(s) - membrane , microfiltration , emulsion , materials science , ceramic , chemical engineering , compaction , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , chromatography , composite material , chemistry , engineering , biochemistry
This work presents the impact of fabricating pressure on the performance of ceramic membranes during the dead-end microfiltration of an oil-water emulsion. The membranes used in this study were fabricated at a pressure of 40 kN and 100 kN using the dry compaction method. The membrane characterization was done using XRD and FTIR analysis. The membrane performance was evaluated by carrying dead-end microfiltration experiments using synthetic oil-water emulsion as a feed at a trans-membrane pressure of 30 psi . The experimental results confirmed that the membrane fabricated at higher fabricating pressure (100 kN) gives better performance in terms of maximum oil rejection of 95.7% with the maximum flux of 2.04x10 −3 m 3 /m 2 .s.