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 ...

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 ...

Mixtures of oil and water can be efficiently separated by pumping them into thin channels between semipermeable membranes, paving the way to cheaper and cleaner ways to deal with industrial waste.

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Santa Barbara County Public Works has wrapped up the Toro Canyon Oil Water Separator Project, a multimillion-dollar effort designed to stop crude oil from seeping into Toro Canyon Creek and protect ...