“CAVITATION ASSISTED INTENSIFICATION OF OIL IN WATER EMULSIFICATION PROCESS., KPR Institute Engineering and Technology, Autonomous Engineering Institution, Coimbatore, India

Department of Chemical Engineering at KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore has organized a guest lecture on “Cavitation assisted intensification of oil in water emulsification process” on 17.08.2022, 15.00 PM - 16.00 PM through online mode. Dr. Jitendra Carpenter, Assistant Professor, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal (Karnataka), was the speaker of the invited talk.
Use of liquid fuel has forced mankind to process and use heavy and ultraheavy oil to produce special chemicals and dispose oil industry waste. Existing conventional processing technologies are unable to economically process ultraheavy oil stock without contaminating the environment. Technologies based on ultrasonic or hydrodynamic cavitation effects could be among the breakthrough technologies to address the challenges of oil production and refining.
The integrated effect on homogeneous and hetero-phase liquids that can be used for technological purposes has drawn the attention of students in this talk. Cavitation impact on oil is among the efficient methods of intensifying chemical–technological, hydromechanical, and mass-exchange processes and the destruction of substances. This speaker explained in detail and analyzes the mechanisms of impact and application of cavitation in various processes in the petroleum industry, including the refining processes, that are associated with crude oil and petroleum waste, such as reduction of viscosity, demulsification, desulfurization, and improvement of quality of heavy oil and petroleum refinery products, including oil sludge and waste oil-containing water.
There were around 100+ participants including faculty members and students. The session was very interesting and interactive. Mr. Vasanth has proposed welcome address and brief introduction and Ms. Parvatha Varthini of third year has proposed a vote of thanks.