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Piezoelectricity induced by pulsed hydraulic pressure enables in situ membrane demulsification and oil/water separation

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WATER RESEARCH
卷 215, 期 -, 页码 -

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118245

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Piezoelectric ceramic membrane; Pulsed hydraulic pressure; Barium titanate; Demulsification; Oil/water separation; Dielectrophoresis

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21976085]
  2. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [14380154]

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In this study, a piezoelectric ceramic membrane (PCM) was used to transform hydraulic pressure pulses into electroactive responses, enabling in situ demulsification and oil/water separation. The PCM generated rapid voltage oscillations and high electric field intensity, facilitating electrocoalescence and continuous membrane demulsification. This environmentally friendly and energy-saving membrane technology provides a new opportunity for practical applications in wastewater treatment.
Recovering oil from oily wastewater is not only for economic gains but also for mitigating environmental pollution. However, demulsification of oil droplets stabilized with surfactants is challenging because of their low surface energy. Although the widely used oil/water separation membrane technologies based on size screening have attracted considerable attention in the past few decades, they are incapable of demulsification of stabilized oil emulsions and the membrane concentrates often require post-processing. Herein, the piezoelectric ceramic membrane (PCM), which can respond to the inherent transmembrane pressure in the pressure-driven membrane processes, was employed to transform hydraulic pressure pulses into electroactive responses to in situ demulsification. The pulsed transmembrane pressure on the PCM results in the generation of considerable rapid voltage oscillations over 3.2 V and a locally high electric field intensity of 7.2 x 10(7) V/m, which is capable of electrocoalescence with no additional stimuli or high voltage devices. Negative dielectrophoresis (DEP) force occurred in this membrane process and repelled the large size of oil after demulsification away from the PCM surface, ensuring continuous membrane demulsification and oil/water separation. Overall, PCM provides a further opportunity to develop an environmentally friendly and energy-saving electroresponsive membrane technology for practical applications in wastewater treatment.

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