Oil/Water Emulsion Separation

iron oxide (II,III) nanoparticles as ecological magnetic sorbents for a crude oil or cutting oil emulsion.

1. THE MECHANISM OF SEPARATION

Wion Technology company offers iron oxide nanoparticles with a magnetic core (IONSOL) to be used as nanosorbent for oil recovery from stable emulsions.

2. BENEFITS OF USING MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES

  • No strong acidic or alkaline solutions needed

  • High oil recovery rate –  up to 10.000 – 40.000 liters/day

  • No contamination of an oil or water

  • Fast oil recovery – small retention time

  • Small energy input

  • Possibility of nanoparticles recirculation

  • Iron oxide (II,III) is safe and non-toxic for the environment

3. MARKETS

CUTTING FLUID

turning, milling, drilling, grinding are kind of metalworking processes that use oil in water emulsions to reduce wear of cutting blades. The role of those fluids is to cool and lubricate a steel surface. Wastewaters need to be purified before disposal, mainly due to biodegradation.

CRUDE OIL EMULSION

crude oil emulsions are formed during extraction and due to presence of asphaltenes, resins and particles, the emulsion is stable. Deemulsification is necesessary to achieve proper oil content. The most popular are chemical and electrical methods.

OIL SPILL CLEANUP

oil spill is challenging for treatment, considering efficiency and environmental issues. Among many methods, magnetic deemulsification is a promising technology due to high capability, oil recovery, naturaly safe and not sensitive to temperature range.

4. PRODUCT REVIEW

Wion Technology offers industrial affordable production of iron oxide nanoadsorbents, according to the sorption purpose.

The functionalization of the iron oxide surface is conditioned by confirmed scientific premises or previous research results.

5. EMULSION SEPARATION PID

Given below example of an plant for emulsion separation allows to achieve high rate of oil recovery. Magnetic field need to be applied to fasten the recovery. Due to superparamagnetic properties of our produced iron oxide nanoparticles it is simple to implement.