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 ...

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.

Purpose: Crude oil separation on an FPSO converts multiphase wellstream into saleable, stabilized crude meeting export specs (water, salt, vapor pressure), while routing associated gas and produced ...