Iran-Made Nano Membranes Separate 100% of Water from Petroleum Derivatives

“One of the most important challenges in the industry is separation of water from petroleum, diesel oil, and oil in refineries,” Mehdi Etemadi, the managing director of the knowledge-based company, told ANA.

Noting that the nanomaterials produced in the company are capable of separating 100% of water from these derivatives, he said, “Each of these separations has a complex process and a unique application.”

“For instance, by producing these nanomaterials, for the first time in Iran, we have succeeded in producing membranes that can separate 100% of water from oil and petroleum products like diesel oil and gasoline in refineries, which has no foreign counterparts,” Etemadi said.

Iranian researchers and knowledge-based companies have made great achievements in the past few years in various sciences.

Iranian Deputy Science, Research and Technology Minister Gholam Hossein Rahimi Sherbaf said last year that the country stood atop the regional states in scientific progress and development.

“Iran has ascended from the 5th rank to 1st in scientific progress in the region and from 58th to 16th in nanotechnology and from 52nd to 17th in biochemistry and bimolecular sciences in the world,” Rahimi Sherbaf said.

He also said that over 30,000 foreign students are studying at Iranian universities in MSC and MA courses, most of them from neighboring states.

“We rank first among the regional states in the development of science and technology as a pioneering country,” Rahimi Sherbaf said.

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