Adsorption of crude oil from crude oil–water emulsion by mesoporous hafnium oxide ceramics
Fatima A. Hussain, Julio Zamora, Ivonne M. Ferrer, Maureen Kinyua, Jesús M. Velázquez
Abstract
An environmentally benign, mechanically stable, and renewable mesoporous hafnium oxide ceramic synthesized <italic>via</italic> a sol–gel process has exhibited 99.9% removal capacity of crude oil from an oil-in-water emulsion.
Topics & Concepts
Mesoporous materialEmulsionCrude oilCeramicAdsorptionChemical engineeringChemistryMaterials sciencePetroleum engineeringGeologyOrganic chemistryCatalysisEngineeringCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceExtraction and Separation ProcessesMinerals Flotation and Separation Techniques