The Effect of Ceramic Membranes' Structure on the Oil and Ions Removal in Pre-Treatment of the Desalter Unit Wastewater.

Yaser Rasouli, Mohammad Mehdi Parivazh, Mohsen Abbasi, Mohammad Akrami

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Article in Membranes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Yaser RasouliDepartment of Civil, Geological & Mining Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, 2900 Boulevard Edouard-Montpetit, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada.

Mohammad Mehdi ParivazhDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran P.O. Box 15875-4413, Iran.

Mohsen AbbasiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Petroleum, Gas and Petrochemical Engineering, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr P.O. Box 75169-13798, Iran.

Mohammad AkramiDepartment of Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2926-8022

Amirkabir University of Technology · IRPersian Gulf University · IRPolytechnique Montréal · CAUniversity of Exeter · GB

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Abstract

Salts, organic materials, and hazardous materials can be found regularly in the effluent from a desalter unit of crude oil. These materials should be separated from the wastewater. Four kinds of inexpensive and innovative ceramic microfiltration membranes (mullite, mullite-alumina (MA 50%), mullite-alumina-zeolite (MAZ 20%), and mullite-zeolite (MZ 40%)) were synthesized in this research using locally available inexpensive raw materials such as kaolin clay, natural zeolite, and alpha-alumina powders. Analyses carried out on the membranes include XRD, SEM, void fraction, the average diameter of the pores, and the ability to withstand mechanical stress. Effluent from the desalter unit was synthesized in the laboratory using the salts most present in the desalter wastewater (NaCl, MgCl

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ceramic membranedesalter unitmicrofiltrationoily wastewaterpermeation fluxsalt/oil rejection

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PMID35054583

DOI10.3390/membranes12010059

PMCPMC8779256

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