Investigation of mass transfer coefficients in irregular packed liquid-liquid extraction columns in the presence of various nanoparticles

Authors

  • Ahmad Rahbar-Kelishami Department of Chemical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran
  • Ali Vesal Department of Chemical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran
  • Toraj Mohammadi Department of Chemical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran
Abstract:

In the present study, the effect of various nanofluids on mass transfer coefficients in an irregular packed liquid-liquid extraction column was investigated. The chemical system of toluene–acetic acid–water was used. 10 nm SiO2, TiO2 and ZrO2 nanoparticles with various concentrations were dispersed in toluene-acid acetic to provide nanofluids. The influence of concentration and hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity of nanoparticle on mass transfer coefficient was discussed. The experimental results show that the mass transfer coefficient enhancement depends on the kind and the concentration of nanoparticles. The maximum enhancement of 35%, 245% and 207% was achieved for 0.05 vol% of SiO2, TiO2 and ZrO2 nanofluids, respectively. A new conceptual model was proposed for prediction of the effective diffusivity as a function of nanoparticle concentration, drop size and drop Reynolds number.

Upgrade to premium to download articles

Sign up to access the full text

Already have an account?login

similar resources

Investigation of Mass Transfer Coefficient under Jetting Conditions in a Liquid-Liquid Extraction System

In this research mass transfer coefficient under jetting regime in different directions (from dispersed to continuous and continuous to dispersed phase) has been studied using an experimental setup. n-Butanol-succinic acid-water with low interfacial tension has been selected as experimental chemical system. The effects of various parameters such as jet velocity, nozzle diameter and the heig...

full text

investigation of mass transfer coefficient under jetting conditions in a liquid-liquid extraction system

in this research mass transfer coefficient under jetting regime in different directions (from dispersed to continuous and continuous to dispersed phase) has been studied using an experimental setup. n-butanol-succinic acid-water with low interfacial tension has been selected as experimental chemical system. the effects of various parameters such as jet velocity, nozzle diameter and the height o...

full text

Troubleshooting Liquid-liquid Extraction Columns

Process engineers can be faced with the task of understanding and optimizing the performance of an existing liquid-liquid extraction (extraction) column. Often times, an extraction column has been operating many years, and the performance is not well understood by the personnel responsible for its operation. Since this technology is not treated comprehensively during most under-graduate Chemica...

full text

Mass Transfer Coefficients in Pulsed Perforated-plate Extraction Columns

This study examined the mass transfer performance in a pulsed perforated-plate extraction column with diameter of 50 mm using two different liquid systems. Mass transfer coefficients have been interpreted in terms of the axial diffusion model. The effects of pulsation intensity and dispersed and continuous phase velocities on the mass transfer performance have been investigated. Three different...

full text

My Resources

Save resource for easier access later

Save to my library Already added to my library

{@ msg_add @}


Journal title

volume 3  issue 2

pages  113- 120

publication date 2017-06-01

By following a journal you will be notified via email when a new issue of this journal is published.

Hosted on Doprax cloud platform doprax.com

copyright © 2015-2023