Named after the two-faced Roman god Janus to reflect its dual-purpose design, researchers present a novel membrane system – a Janus channel of membranes (JCM) – capable of simultaneously separating ...

Oil spills and oily industrial wastewater are a nightmare for factories, the environment, and public health. Separating oil from water might sound simple, but in reality it's one of the toughest jobs ...

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FPSO crude separation is a staged, three-phase process that uses pressure letdown, heating, and electrostatic coalescence to split well fluids into stabilized crude, export gas, and treated produced ...

The effect of sea level changes due to tidal action influences the design and operation of offshore water-disposal piles on offshore platforms. A disposal pile provides a last treatment step for ...

A hydrophilic and oleophobic surface repels oil. This innovative surface property has received increasing attention since it excels at anti-fogging, detergent-free cleaning, and oil and water ...

Objective: Convert the incoming multiphase wellstream into saleable crude oil meeting export specs while routing gas, produced water, and solids to their respective handling systems—safely, ...