• 文献标题:   Robust graphene/poly(vinyl alcohol) aerogel for high-flux and high-purity separation of water-in-oil emulsion and its computational fluid dynamic simulation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YANG Y, REN ZY, LIN YX, LI LL, PAN L, QIN HL, HOU LX
  • 作者关键词:   cfd simulation, emulsion separation, graphene, poly vinyl alcohol aerogel, highflux, vortex separation mechanism
  • 出版物名称:   AICHE JOURNAL
  • ISSN:   0001-1541 EI 1547-5905
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  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1002/aic.17619 EA FEB 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Due to the trade-off between purity and flux, the development of high-purity, high-flux oil-water separation materials is still an arduous challenge. Herein, to achieve emulsion separation with high purity and high permeability, fluorinated graphene/poly(vinyl alcohol) aerogel (FGPA) with strong honeycomb was obtained via a facile freeze-drying method, and the separation mechanism was investigated via computational fluid dynamics (CFDs) simulation. The as-prepared FGPA exhibited superhydrophobicity-superoleophobicity and cyclic compression stability. Under the complex pore and superhydrophobicity, FGPA could separate water-in-oil emulsions with droplet sizes several times smaller than their own aperture only under gravity with ultrahigh flux (3255 L m(-2) h(-1)) and ultrahigh purity (99.9%). Also, the separation process as visualized using simulations revealed that the vortex accelerates the demulsification behavior and promotes the gathering of water droplets rebounding on the superhydrophobic surface, so that the water droplets are intercepted. Therefore, FGPA has broad practical application potential in high-flux and high-purity oil-water emulsion separation.