Chenyang Zhu,Ziwen Zhang,Sa Xue,Kun Hou,Hui Liu,Xiangyang Liu,Maogang He
The mixtures of fatty acid ester + alcohol are promising substitution fuels in engines. Due to their strong self- and cross-hydrogen bonds, the properties of these kinds of mixtures may show different characteristics from the fossil fuels composed of non-associating substances. In this work, the association effects on density and viscosity of fatty acid ester + alcohol are investigated from both experimental and theoretical aspects. The ethyl laurate + ethanol mixtures with 9 M fraction compositions are chosen, and the two properties are measured using a capillary viscometer system at temperatures from 313 K to 343 K and pressures up to 15 MPa. The positive excess volume and viscosity deviation of the mixtures are obtained, and the former is negligible compared to the experimental uncertainty. The Cubic-Plus-Association equation of state (CPA EoS) and the friction theory model are used to model the mixtures of ethyl laurate + ethanol. The relations of their self- and cross-associations to density, viscosity, and two excess properties (excess volume and viscosity deviation) are summarized. Different saturated fatty acid ester + 1-alcohol mixtures are also modeled with the CPA EoS. The variation characteristics of their viscosity deviations are analyzed and explained by their different association strength and the mole number of associated molecules.
Weak interaction between flocculants and oil is a main bottleneck in the treatment of oil-containing wastewater. To solve this problem, a novel flocculant PAB with cationic micro-block structure and hydrophobic groups of benzene rings was synthesized by ultrasound initiated polymerization technique and applied to remove turbidity and oil from water. To avoid unnecessary addition of reagents in traditional template and micellar copolymerization, surface-active monomer benzyl(methacryloyloxyethyl)dimethylammonium chloride (BMDAC) with self-assembly ability in aqueous solution was employed to synthesize flocculants. The critical association concentration of BMDAC measured by conductivity and surface tension methods was 0.014 mol·L −1 . The results of reactivity ratio, statistical analysis of sequence-length distribution and 1 H NMR provided evidence for the synthesis of copolymer with cationic micro-block. In addition, the apparent viscosity measurement indicated that PAB had an obvious hydrophobic association property. Finally, flocculation tests demonstrated that flocculation performance was greatly improved by adding PAB and the removal rate of oil and turbidity both reached the maximum (87.5% and 92%) at dosage of 40 mg·L −1 and pH of 7.0. Flocculation mechanism investigation demonstrated that the cooperation of charge neutralization, adsorption bridging, and hydrophobic association effect played an important role. The formed flocs by PAB was large, compact, difficult to break, and easy to regrow because of the enhanced interaction between flocculants and oil. In summary, this study can provide important reference in the design of organic flocculants in oily wastewater treatment applications.
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