“…The root of reagent-free method is to remove oil and oil products from the water by water settling out with the subse quent collection of oil by special devices: settling tanks, hydrocyclones, oil traps, etc. The main disadvantage of these apparatuses is a low degree of separation of water-oil emul sions (Diederen et al, 1998, Kou et al, 2019, Vanhoutte et al, 2011, Young et al, 1994, Zeng et al, 2016, Zhou et al, 2010. In some cases, it is advisable to use the membranes for separation of water-oil emulsions (Babiker et al, 2019).…”