Optimum Operating Frequency for Electrocoalescence Induced by Pulsed Corona Discharge.

ABSTRACT: Current oil-water separation methods require a significant power, a high processing time, and costly equipment, which typically yield low treatment efficiency. Pulsed direct current (dc) electric fields and recently nonuniform electric fields caught considerable attention in the petroleum industry research in order to address the most common oil-water separation issues such as chain formation, partial coalescence, and low efficiency in either the energy consumption or coalescence rate. Here, a contact-less charge injection method induced by corona discharge is utilized to investigate the impacts of nonuniform and pulsed dc electric fields on the coalescence of water droplets inside an oil medium. The operating process parameters were experimentally calibrated and optimized with the goal of

SUBMITTER: Shahbaznezhad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7726783 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature