Advanced Fiber Materials, Volume. 6, Issue 3, 00383(2024)

Pre-oxidized PAN Nanofibrous Membrane to Efficiently and Continuously Separate Large-Scale Viscous Oil-in-Water Emulsions Under Harsh Conditions with Ultra-Long-Term Oil-Fouling Recovery

Hongwei Su1...2, Hua Hu3, Zhenyu Li1,2,*, Guilong Yan1,2,**, Li Wang1,2, Dong Xiang1,2, Chunxia Zhao1,2, Yuanpeng Wu1,2, Jingyu Chen1,2,*** and Ce Wang4,**** |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1The Center of Functional Materials for Working Fluids of Oil and Gas Field, School of New Energy and Materials, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
  • 2Sichuan Engineering Technology Research Center of Basalt Fiber Composites Development and Application, State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
  • 3PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company Exploration Division, Chengdu, 610500, China
  • 4Alan G. MacDiarmid Institute, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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    High-performance multifunctional filtration membranes are highly required in treating practically complex oily wastewater systems, but still a challenge unsolved. Herein, we propose a facile route to address these challenges simultaneously by simply constructing electrospun pre-oxidized polyacrylonitrile nanofibrous membrane (p-PAN NM). Given the pre-oxidation process, the p-PAN NM displays not only robust anti-corrosive tolerance against diverse corrosive media, but also superhydrophilicity/underwater superoleophobicity. Additionally, ~ 99% separation efficiency, ~ 100% oil-fouling recovery, and ultra-long service life (up to 265 h) have been realized in separating large-scale surfactant stabilized soybean/crude oil-in-water emulsions. Furthermore, strong anti-corrosive performance against various corrosive media (e.g., 1 M HCl, 1 M NaOH, or 10 wt% NaCl) has been achieved as well. Spin-unrestricted density functional theory (DFT) computations implemented in the Dmol3 modulus has been conducted to understand the robust fouling recovery and the variation of surficial wettability after pre-oxidation. These outstanding filtration functions make our NM hold great potential in separating viscous oil/water emulsions under harsh conditions.

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    Hongwei Su, Hua Hu, Zhenyu Li, Guilong Yan, Li Wang, Dong Xiang, Chunxia Zhao, Yuanpeng Wu, Jingyu Chen, Ce Wang. Pre-oxidized PAN Nanofibrous Membrane to Efficiently and Continuously Separate Large-Scale Viscous Oil-in-Water Emulsions Under Harsh Conditions with Ultra-Long-Term Oil-Fouling Recovery[J]. Advanced Fiber Materials, 2024, 6(3): 00383

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Oct. 10, 2023

    Accepted: Jan. 23, 2024

    Published Online: Jul. 31, 2024

    The Author Email: Li Zhenyu (zhenyu.li@swpu.edu.cn), Yan Guilong (guilong.yan@swpu.edu.cn), Chen Jingyu (jingyu.chen@swpu.edu.cn), Wang Ce (cwang@jlu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s42765-024-00383-y

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