Oil droplets in nanometer scale which are dispersed in water cannot be separated easily.An attractive technique is carried out by electrical phenomena to demulsify oil in water emulsion.In this research,non-uniform electric field or dielectrophoresis(DEP) is applied to remove sunflower oil(which is dispersed in the water).Effects of temperature,time and voltage(using AC-electric field) were considered to get the highest DEP-force(Fdi) and the best results.The oil particles sizes with average of approximately 76 nm have been shown using a ZetaSizer Nano ZS,Model ZEN 1600(Malvern Instrument Ltd.).The maximum separation efficiency of 85% is obtained at the optimum temperature of 38 ℃ and voltage of 3000 V.
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