A review of the recent advances in design of corrugated plate packs applied for oil–water separation

Abstract The paper reviews the contradictions and problems existing on the oil–water separation technology in detail from the perspective of experiments, numerical simulation and coalescence mechanism analysis, and the future research directions are forecasted. The review points out that the law of droplet coalescence on the corrugated plates can be studied from the perspective of microscopic experiment and mechanism research, which are the theoretical bases for clarifying the coalescence mechanism of the corrugated plates and refining the droplet coalescence mathematical model. The further research topics are also clarified to promote future applications by combining the coalescence technology with surface bionic technology.