Removal of oil droplets from contaminated water using magnetic carbon nanotubes

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4198-4205

  Wang, Haitao ^a   Lin, Kun Yi ^a   Jing, Benxin ^a   Krylova, Galyna ^b   Sigmon, Ginger E ^a   McGinn, Paul ^a   Zhu, Yingxi ^a   Na, Chongzheng ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy and water security; Environmental nanotechnology; Fossil fuels; Industrial wastewater; Pickering emulsion; Responsive nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; DIESEL ENGINES; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOSSIL FUELS; IRON OXIDES; MICROFILTRATION; MIXING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; PHASE INTERFACES; RATE CONSTANTS; WATER FILTRATION;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; LEAST SQUARE REGRESSION; MAGNETIC CARBON NANOTUBES; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; PICKERING EMULSIONS; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; WATER SECURITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

ALCOHOL; CARBON NANOTUBE; DIESEL FUEL; MAGNETIC CARBON NANOTUBE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; OIL; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ETHANOL; FILTRATION; FOSSIL FUEL; IRON OXIDE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GAS; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNET; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879083766     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.02.056     Document Type: Article

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