Non-Isothermal Treatment of Oily Waters Using Ceramic Membrane: A Numerical Investigation

Currently, the oil industry deals with the challenge of produced-water proper disposal, and the membrane-separation technology appears as an important tool on the treatment of these waters. In this sense, this work developed a mathematical model for simulating the oil/water separation by a ceramic m...

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Published in:	Energies (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 8; p. 2092
Main Authors:	Magalhães, Hortência L. F., Moreira, Gicelia, Gomez, Ricardo S., Porto, Túlio R. N., Correia, Balbina R. B., Silva, Anderson M. V., Farias Neto, Severino R., Lima, Antonio G. B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel MDPI AG 01-04-2020
Subjects:	ceramic membrane Ceramics industry CFX Computer applications Computer simulation Dimensional analysis Fluids Isothermal treatment Membranes Oil and gas industry Photocatalysis Pollutants Reynolds number Separation simulation Turbulence models Velocity Viscosity Water treatment
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Summary:	Currently, the oil industry deals with the challenge of produced-water proper disposal, and the membrane-separation technology appears as an important tool on the treatment of these waters. In this sense, this work developed a mathematical model for simulating the oil/water separation by a ceramic membrane. The aim was to investigate the thermal aspects of the separation process via computational fluid dynamic, using the Ansys CFX® 15 software (15, Ansys, Inc., Canonsburg, PA, USA). Oil concentration, pressure, and velocity distributions, as well as permeation velocity, are presented and analyzed. It was verified that the mathematical model was capable of accurately representing the studied phenomena and that temperature strongly influences the flow behavior.
ISSN:	1996-1073 1996-1073
DOI:	10.3390/en13082092