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Wang CF, Huang XY, Lin HP, Chen JK, Tsai HC, Hung WS, Hu CC, Lai JY. Sustainable, biocompatible, and mass-producible superwetting water caltrop shell biochars for emulsion separations. J Hazard Mater 2022; 439:129567. [PMID: 36104894 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The separation of oily wastewater, specifically emulsions, is a crucial global issue. Possible strategies for the efficient separation of emulsified oil/water mixtures through sustainable and environmentally friendly materials have recently drawn considerable attention. In our study, we prepared superwetting water caltrop shell biochar (WCSB) via a top-lit-updraft carbonization procedure. The as-prepared WCSB was characterized by superhydrophilicity, underwater superoleophobicity, underoil superhydrophilicity, and underoil water adsorption ability. Because of its superwetting properties, WCSB was used for the separation of both surfactant-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions (SOIWEs) and surfactant-stabilized water-in-oil emulsions (SWIOEs) with very high fluxes (up to 74,700 and 241,000 L m-2 h-1 bar-1 for SOIWE and SWIOE, respectively). The separation performances were excellent, with oil contents in all SOIWE filtrates lower than 10 ppm and oil purities in all SWIOE filtrates higher than 99.99 wt%. Moreover, WCSB was applied to separate dye-spiked emulsions. Due to their high emulsion separation ability, sustainability, good biocompatibility, and ease of mass production, the as-prepared WCSBs have notable potential for utilitarian applications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chih-Feng Wang
- Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Advanced Membrane Materials Research Center, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Advanced Membrane Materials Research Center, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Advanced Membrane Materials Research Center, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Advanced Membrane Materials Research Center, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Advanced Membrane Materials Research Center, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan; R&D Centre for Membrane Technology, Chung Yuan University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan; Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan
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