Oil removal by flotation using biosurfactant

The generation of waste in most industrial processes is practically unavoidable. In the oil industry, one of the major problems for the environment is the large volume of water produced in oil production processes. Currently, the use of flotation has been very efficient compared to other methods, as they are unable to remove much of the oil that is emulsified. In this context, this work aims to evaluate the efficiency of column flotation processes using biosurfactant as a demulsifying agent that accelerates phase separation.

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Graduated in Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of Semi-Arid where she worked as a CNPQ scientific initiation scholarship holder in the area of Adsorption Separation Operations in liquid phase, and was a production process analyst at the CIMSAL salt industry. He holds a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.