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Metal oxide modified tubular ceramic membrane for the separation of oil-in-water emulsion. (2024)
Thesis
AISUENI, F.A. 2024. Metal oxide modified tubular ceramic membrane for the separation of oil-in-water emulsion. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2445693

Separating lower concentrations of oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion (< 250 mg/l) and smaller oil droplet size (< 20 μm) has been an industry challenge using conventional methods, including adsorption, electrocoagulation, flocculation, bioremediation, cent... Read More about Metal oxide modified tubular ceramic membrane for the separation of oil-in-water emulsion..

Microporous alumina–silica composite membrane with very low N2 permeability but high CO2 selectivity for direct air capture. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
GIWA, A., SHEHU, H., RAMALAN, M., ORAKWE, I., ABUNOMAH, O., OGUNLUDE, P., WILLIAMWEST, T., IGBAGARA, W., OGOUN, E., HASHIM, I., AISUENI, F. and GOBINA, E. 2022. Microporous alumina–silica composite membrane with very low N2 permeability but high CO2 selectivity for direct air capture. In Khan, A.A., Ciddi, M.L. and Unal, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2022 International conference on studies in engineering, science and technology (ICSEST 2022), 10-13 November 2022, Antalya, Turkey. Ames, IA: International Society for Technology, Education and Science (ISTES) [online], pages 182-210. Available from: https://www.istes.org/seeder/books/files/54c86815762a9dac0440e35d04a1e05c.pdf

This research involves technical approaches to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from ambient air, involving a filter with a transport mechanism described based on experimental results. A silica inorganic composite membrane was prepared by using a silicon... Read More about Microporous alumina–silica composite membrane with very low N2 permeability but high CO2 selectivity for direct air capture..

Gas diffusion, transport characteristics and modelling in porous membrane systems with application for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
AISUENI, F., RAMALAN, M., ABUNUMAH, O., OGUNLUDE, P., ORAKWE, I., OGOUN, E., GIWA, A., SHEHU, H. and GOBINA, E. 2022. Gas diffusion, transport characteristics and modelling in porous membrane systems with application for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. In Proceedings of the 2nd International congress on scientific advances 2022 (ICONSAD'22), 21-24 December 2022, [virtual conference]. Turkey: ICONSAD [online], pages 144-157. Available from: https://en.iconsad.org/_files/ugd/1dd905_c45aeddf416d497e93113f00f465739b.pdf

Fuel cells convert chemical energy in electrical energy and heat by consuming typically hydrogen and oxygen and producing water as the main by-product. This is achieved by reducing hydrogen at the anode (left hand side) and oxidising oxygen at the ca... Read More about Gas diffusion, transport characteristics and modelling in porous membrane systems with application for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells..

Knudsen number sensitivity to pressure drop in a nanoscale membrane. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
RAMALAN, M.M., PRABHU, R., HASHM, I., OGUNLUDE, P., AISUENI, F., ABUNOMAH, O. and GOBINA, E. 2022. Knudsen number sensitivity to pressure drop in a nanoscale membrane. In Proceedings of the 2nd International congress on scientific advances 2022 (ICONSAD'22), 21-24 December 2022, [virtual conference]. Turkey: ICONSAD [online], pages 276-281. Available from: https://en.iconsad.org/_files/ugd/1dd905_c45aeddf416d497e93113f00f465739b.pdf

According to the kinetic theory of gases, gas molecules are in constant random motion and frequently collide with one another and with the walls of their container. They continuously experience changes in velocity and direction. Between collisions, m... Read More about Knudsen number sensitivity to pressure drop in a nanoscale membrane..

Characteristics of gas transport through inorganic ceramic membranes as porous media using air and nitrogen. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
IGBAGARA, W., HASHM, I.A., AISUENI, F., OGUNLUDE, P., RAMALAN, M., OGOUN, E., ASIM, T. and GOBINA, E. 2022. Characteristics of gas transport through inorganic ceramic membranes as porous media using air and nitrogen. In Proceedings of the 2nd International congress on scientific advances 2022 (ICONSAD'22), 21-24 December 2022, [virtual conference]. Turkey: ICONSAD [online], pages 417-425. Available from: https://en.iconsad.org/_files/ugd/1dd905_c45aeddf416d497e93113f00f465739b.pdf

Permeation experiments have been conducted using porous ceramic membranes having different pore sizes of 200nm and 6000nm respectively. Air and N2 gases were used as the characterizing fluids and experiments were carried out at temperatures of 20 C,... Read More about Characteristics of gas transport through inorganic ceramic membranes as porous media using air and nitrogen..

Characterization of membranes for advanced direct carbon capture. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HASHIM, I.A., AISUENI, F., ABUNOMAH, O., OGUNLUDE, P., RAMALAN, M., OGOUN, E. and GOBINA, E. 2022. Characterization of membranes for advanced direct air carbon capture. In Techconnect briefs 2022: papers from 2022 TechConnect world innovation conference and expo, 13-15 June 2022, Washington, USA. Danville: TechConnect [online], pages 148-151. Available from: https://briefs.techconnect.org/wp-content/volumes/TCB2022/pdf/386.pdf

Carbon capture is essential for lowering anthropogenic carbon emissions and, as a result, limiting global warming. Membrane technology has a lot of potential for extremely efficient carbon capture because of its energy-efficient and environmentally f... Read More about Characterization of membranes for advanced direct carbon capture..

Effect of pore size and porosity on contact angle of ceramic membrane for oil-in-water emulsion separation. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
AISUENI, F., ABUNUMAH, O., HASHIM, I., RAMALAN, M., OGOUN, E., PRABHU, R., GIWA, A. and GOBINA, E. 2022. Effect of pore size and porosity on contact angle of ceramic membrane for oil-in-water emulsion separation. In Techconnect briefs 2022: papers from 2022 TechConnect world innovation conference and expo, 13-15 June 2022, Washington, USA. Danville: TechConnect [online], pages 59-62. Available from: https://briefs.techconnect.org/wp-content/volumes/TCB2022/pdf/174.pdf

The main objective of this work is to study the effect of pore size and porosity on contact angle of ceramic membrane (CM) for Oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion separation. This would include using commercially produced unmodified CM pore size 6000nm and 1... Read More about Effect of pore size and porosity on contact angle of ceramic membrane for oil-in-water emulsion separation..

Using contact angle measurements for determination of the surface free energy of the ceramic membranes. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HASHIM, I.A., AISUENI, F., OGUNLUDE, P., RAMALAN, M., OGOUN, E., HUSSAINI, M. and GOBINA, E. 2022. Using contact angle measurements for determination of the surface free energy of the ceramic membranes. In Techconnect briefs 2022: papers from 2022 TechConnect world innovation conference and expo, 13-15 June 2022, Washington, USA. Danville: TechConnect [online], pages 5-8. Available from: https://briefs.techconnect.org/wp-content/volumes/TCB2022/pdf/177.pdf

The surface free energy is one of the factors that characterises the surfaces of materials. The sessile drop method is the most popular method for determining its value. A contact angle between the surface and the edge of liquid droplets is measured... Read More about Using contact angle measurements for determination of the surface free energy of the ceramic membranes..

Using nanoporous core-samples to mimic the effect of petrophysical parameters on natural gas flowrate in an unconventional gas reservoir. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
OGOUN, E., ABUNUMAH, O., AISUENI, F., HOSSAIN, M., GIWA, A. and GOBINA, E. 2022. Using nanoporous core-samples to mimic the effect of petrophysical parameters on natural gas flowrate in an unconventional gas reservoir. In Techconnect briefs 2022: papers from 2022 TechConnect world innovation conference and expo, 13-15 June 2022, Washington, USA. Danville: TechConnect [online], pages 67-70. Available from: https://briefs.techconnect.org/wp-content/volumes/TCB2022/pdf/352.pdf

Natural gas was for quite a long time regarded as an unwanted by-product of oil exploration and production that was mostly flared to the atmosphere. This happened because there was no feasible economic means of bringing it to the market. In this work... Read More about Using nanoporous core-samples to mimic the effect of petrophysical parameters on natural gas flowrate in an unconventional gas reservoir..

The quantitative effect of flow direction on gas permeation in ceramic membrane. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
RAMALAN, M.M., PRABHU, R., HASHIM, I., OGUNLUDE, P., OGOUN, E., AISUENI, F., ABUNOMAH, O., GIWA, A. and GOBINA, E. 2022. The quantitative effect of flow direction on gas permeation in ceramic membrane. In Techconnect briefs 2022: papers from 2022 TechConnect world innovation conference and expo, 13-15 June 2022, Washington, USA. Danville: TechConnect [online], pages 55-58. Available from: https://briefs.techconnect.org/wp-content/volumes/TCB2022/pdf/358.pdf

The effect of flow direction in radial porous ceramic membrane has been extensively studied. Understanding fluid flow through membrane has offered utility to a number of industrial processes such as gas separation, catalytic reactions, enhanced oil r... Read More about The quantitative effect of flow direction on gas permeation in ceramic membrane..

Development of dense membranes for high-density hydrogen production from ammonia catalytic decomposition (cracking) for PEM fuel cells power in long-haul passenger aircraft transportation. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SHEHU, H., ORAKWE, I., ABUNOMAH, O., OGUNLUDE, P., OGOUN, E., RAMALAN, M., AISUENI, F., OKO, E., IBHADON, A., GAD-BRIGGS, A., GIANNOPOULOS, I., GIWA, A. and GOBINA, E. 2022. Development of dense membranes for high-density hydrogen production from ammonia catalytic decomposition (cracking) for PEM fuel cells power in long-haul passenger aircraft transportation. Techconnect briefs 2022: papers from 2022 TechConnect world innovation conference and expo, 13-15 June 2022, Washington, USA. Danville: TechConnect [online], pages 134-137. Available from: https://briefs.techconnect.org/wp-content/volumes/TCB2022/pdf/310.pdf

Aviation is a major greenhouse gas contributor responsible for around 3.2% of global CO2 emissions to the atmosphere. That corresponds to over than 1 billion metric tons of carbon (A metric ton is slightly smaller than the American imperial ton—but t... Read More about Development of dense membranes for high-density hydrogen production from ammonia catalytic decomposition (cracking) for PEM fuel cells power in long-haul passenger aircraft transportation..

Effect of reservoir structural rhythm on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) performance. (2022)
Journal Article
ABUNUMAH, O., OGUNLUDE, P., OGOUN, E., RAMALAN, M., ANTWI, S., AISUENI, F., HASHIM, I. and GOBINA, E. 2022. Effect of reservoir structural rhythm on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) performance. International journal on engineering, science and technology [online], 4(1), pages 41-53. Available from: https://doi.org/10.46328/ijonest.72

In addition to the evolution of green and nano energy, sequestration of CO2 is also an evolving method to control the global CO2 footprint and greenhouse effect. Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is an established technique to capture carbon fro... Read More about Effect of reservoir structural rhythm on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) performance..

Mass transfer characteristics through alumina membranes with different pores sizes and porosity. (2022)
Journal Article
OGUNLUDE, P., ABUNOMAH, O., HASHIM, I., AISUENI, F., OGOUN, E., ANTWI, S., RAMALAN, M., WILLIAMWEST, T., SUKKI, F.M. and GOBINA, E. 2022. Mass transfer characteristics through alumina membranes with different pores sizes and porosity. International journal of engineering, science and technology [online], 4(1), pages 99-123. Available from: https://doi.org/10.46328/ijonest.71

Different membranes covering the macroporous to nano-pororous range and having different porosities have been used to study the mass transfer of methane and carbon dioxide single gases. The effect of flow parameters on the transport mechanisms throug... Read More about Mass transfer characteristics through alumina membranes with different pores sizes and porosity..

Characterization and hydrodynamic evaluation of the relationship between permeability and microstructure parameters ceramic membranes for the separation of oil-in-water emulsion. (2022)
Journal Article
AISUENI, F., GOBINA, E., HASHIM, I. and OGOUN, E. 2022. Characterization and hydrodynamic evaluation of the relationship between permeability and microstructure parameters ceramic membranes for the separation of oil-in-water emulsion. International journal of engineering, science and technology [online], 4(1), pages 14-20. Available from: https://doi.org/10.46328/ijonest.69

Ceramic membranes for wastewater treatment are usually fine filters prepared by sintering of alumina, titania or zirconia powders at ultra-high temperatures and have an asymmetric cross-section using the same material or a combination of the three gi... Read More about Characterization and hydrodynamic evaluation of the relationship between permeability and microstructure parameters ceramic membranes for the separation of oil-in-water emulsion..

Characterization and evaluation of nanoparticles ceramic membrane for the separation of oil-in-water emulsion. (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
AISUENI, F.A., OGUON, E., HASHIM, I. and GOBINA, E. 2021. Characterization and evaluation of nanoparticles ceramic membrane for the separation of oil-in-water emulsion. In Proceedings of the ICANM 2021: 8th International conference and exhibition on advanced and nanomaterials 2021 (ICANM 2021), 9-11 August 2021, [virtual conference]. Ontario: ICANM, pages 17-26.

The mixture of oil with water from industrial activities creates an emulsion which is now termed as Oil-in-Water (O/W) emulsion. Several chemical and physical methods have been successfully used for the separation of O/W emulsions; however, the trace... Read More about Characterization and evaluation of nanoparticles ceramic membrane for the separation of oil-in-water emulsion..

Dense metallic membranes for high-density hydrogen production from different feedstocks for PEM fuel cells power generation.
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SHEHU, H., ORAKWE, I., ABUNOMAH, O., OGUNLUDE, P., RAMALAN, M., WILLIAMWEST, T., IGBAGARA, W., OGOUN, E., HASHIM, I., AISUENI, F. and GOBINA, E. 2022. Dense metallic membranes for high-density hydrogen production from different feedstocks for PEM fuel cells power generation. In Dincer, I., Ratlamwala, T.A.H. and Kamal, K. (eds.) Proceedings of the 13th International conference on hydrogen production (ICH2P 2022): hydrogen for a green future, 11-14 December 2022, [virtual event]. Hosted on ICH2P [online], pages 203-205. Available from: http://www.ich2p.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Conference-Proceedings.pdf

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), through Technical Committee 105 Fuel Cell Technologies, prepares international standards regarding fuel cell technologies for all fuel types and various associated applications, such as: stationary... Read More about Dense metallic membranes for high-density hydrogen production from different feedstocks for PEM fuel cells power generation..

Comparattive [sic] evaluation of oil-in-water emulsion separation with aluminium oxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles ceramic membrane.
Presentation / Conference Contribution
AISUENI, F., HASHIM, I., OGOUN, E. and GOBINA, E. 2021. Comparattive [sic] evaluation of oil-in-water emulsion separation with aluminium oxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles ceramic membrane. Presented to 2021 TUBA (Turkish Academy of Science) World conference on energy science and technology (TUBA WCEST-2021), 8-12 August 2021, [virtual conference].

This research aims at comparing two nanoparticles (Aluminium oxide and zinc oxide) coated ceramic membrane with self-cleaning ability for the effectively separation of low concentration ([less than] 250mg/L) Oil-in-Water O/W Emulsion. Preliminary exp... Read More about Comparattive [sic] evaluation of oil-in-water emulsion separation with aluminium oxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles ceramic membrane..

Effect of hydrodynamic and microstructural parameters on ceramic membrane for oil-in-water separation.
Presentation / Conference Contribution
AISUENI, F. and GOBINA, E. 2021. Effect of hydrodynamic and microstructural parameters on ceramic membrane for oil-in-water separation. Presented at 2021 International congress of Scientific Advances (ICONSAD'21), 22-25 December 2021, [virtual conference].

The main objective of this work is to study the effect of hydrodynamics and microstructure parameters which includes characterization and crossflow filtrations on ceramic membrane for the separation of oil -in-water emulsion. Firstly, the 6000nm unmo... Read More about Effect of hydrodynamic and microstructural parameters on ceramic membrane for oil-in-water separation..

Gas flow mechanisms in fractured low permeability reservoirs.
Presentation / Conference Contribution
OGOUN, E., AISUENI, F., OGUNLUDE, P. and GOBINA, E. 2021. Gas flow mechanisms in fractured low permeability reservoirs. Presented at 2021 International congress of Scientific Advances (ICONSAD'21), 22-25 December 2021, [virtual conference].

The exploration and production of unconventional natural gas reservoirs has enhanced the gateway to the diversification of economic activities from oil. However, the gas industry faces some major variations in the storyline in different parts of the... Read More about Gas flow mechanisms in fractured low permeability reservoirs..

Reconfigured metallic membrane technology for maintaining hydrogen concentration below 4% in fuel debris canisters.
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SHEHU, H., ORAKWE, I., ABUNOMAH, O., OGUNLUDE, P., RAMALAN, M., WILLIAMWEST, T., IGBAGARA, W., OGOUN, E., HASHIM, I., AISUENI, F. and GOBINA, E. 2022. Reconfigured metallic membrane technology for maintaning hydrogen concentration below 4% in fuel debris canisters. In Dincer, I., Ratlamwala, T.A.H. and Kamal, K. (eds.) Proceedings of the 13th International conference on hydrogen production (ICH2P 2022): hydrogen for a green future, 11-14 December 2022, [virtual event]. Hosted on ICH2P [online], pages 237-239. Available from: http://www.ich2p.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Conference-Proceedings.pdf

The use of hydrogen in the energy sector has been in the headlines in recent times, due to its promising future as a replacement for fossil fuels; it can be produced sustainably from a wide variety of feedstocks, including traditional hydrocarbons de... Read More about Reconfigured metallic membrane technology for maintaining hydrogen concentration below 4% in fuel debris canisters..