使用新穎的膜分離水在油乳液方法，成功製造了兩種特殊潤濕性質分離膜，疏水/親油膜及親水/水下疏油膜，並合理的設計兩種分離膜結合串聯裝置成功地連續分離水在油乳液，並使用描述膜阻力(RM)及額外膜阻力(RF)的方法對連續分離的過程建立了串聯裝置的模型去解釋及藉由商業化的動態雷射光散射儀(DLS)去分析乳液特性的同時，建立了半理論式去比較油的流率在固定額定流量下分離不同比例水在油乳液，預測油分離結果誤差約在±20 %以內，可見預測成果的成功。最後利用由實驗所建立的半理論式再運用到分離器的設計中，只需將分離器整體放大，一方面能處理更大量乳液且能有效降低分離器所需高度。有別於傳統的批次分離乳液過程，很明顯的連續分離時，在保持高分離效率的同時、流量更大且能穩定地分離。

Using the innovative membrane separation method for water-in-oil emulsions, two kinds of wetting properties separation membranes, hydrophobic/oleophilic (HO/OI) membrane and hydrophilic/underwater oleophobic (HI/OO) membrane, were successfully fabricated. By combining the two membranes in a tandem device, a continuous separation of water-in-oil emulsions was achieved. A model based on membrane resistance (RM) and additional fouling resistance (RF) were developed a correlation with characterization of emulsions to explain the continuous separation process and establish a semi-theoretical equation, see in Fig. 1 For predicting the oil flow rate at a fixed input flow rate for different water-to-oil ratios, with an error of around ±20%. In contrast to the traditional batch separation process for emulsions, it is evident that continuous separation allows for higher separation efficiency, larger flow rates, and stable operation.

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