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Vol. 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 Su^1,2, Hua Hu³, Zhenyu Li^1,2,*, Guilong Yan^1,2,**..., Li Wang^1,2, Dong Xiang^1,2, Chunxia Zhao^1,2, Yuanpeng Wu^1,2, Jingyu Chen^1,2,*** and Ce Wang^4,****|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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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 Copy Citation Text

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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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