METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE SEPARATION OF OIL AND WATER USING HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC FUNCTIONAL SOLID PARTICLES

摘要

A method of separating oil and water from an oil/water emulsion by means of the agglomeration of oil droplets and/or water droplets in each case to form larger drops and phase separation of oil and water under gravitational forces, wherein the oil/water emulsion is mixed with functional solid particles to agglomerate oil droplets and/or water droplets having functional solid particles and the functional solid particles are hydrophobicized for the agglomeration of oil droplets or are hydrophilicized for the agglomeration of water droplets is described.