Elektorowicz, Maria 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2737-3128 and Jahromi, Arash Fellah
(2018)
Electrokinetically Assisted Oil-Water Phase Separation in Oily Sludge with Implementing Novel Controller System.
Journal of Hazardous Materials
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ISSN 03043894
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Abstract
Upstream and downstream petroleum industry generate of significant amounts of oily sludge per day. On the other hand, a disposal of such sludge requires expensive pre-treatments following local regulations. Conventional processes, like centrifugal separation provide sludge volume reduction and water extraction. However, water-in-oil emulsion requires extra stages for phase separation, which overall increases the costs. Therefore, electrokinetically (EK) assisted oil-water phase separation method was considered. In this study, a novel implemented controller, installed into the EK system, permitted to increase the length of exposure time to electrical field, while a significant decrease of energy consumption was observed. The controller, implemented based on Percolation Theory and applied to a linear horizontal EK system, showed enhanced sludge demulsification and improvement the quality of separated fractions. TGA analysis showed a superior quality of liquids extracted by EK with controller comparing to liquids without controller or generated by centrifuging process. A reaction rate with respect to temperature to assess the presence of water in the oil was also defined. The method, shown in this paper, advances the oil-water phase separation and permits for better oil recovery and sludge volume reduction.
| Divisions: | Concordia University > Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science > Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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| Item Type: | Article |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Authors: | Elektorowicz, Maria and Jahromi, Arash Fellah |
| Journal or Publication: | Journal of Hazardous Materials |
| Date: | 2018 |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.07.032 |
| Keywords: | Oily sludge; Electrokinetics; Controller theory; Oil-water phase separation; Percolation Theory |
| ID Code: | 984034 |
| Deposited By: | ALINE SOREL |
| Deposited On: | 11 Jul 2018 19:45 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Jul 2020 00:00 |
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