Drop mass transfer in a microfluidic chip compared to a centrifugal contactor

Nemer, Martin B.; Roberts, Christine C.; Hughes, Lindsey G.; Wyatt, Nicholas B.; Brooks, Carlton F.; Rao, Rekha

doi:10.1002/aic.14510

Drop mass transfer in a microfluidic chip compared to a centrifugal contactor

Journal Article · Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · AIChE Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.14510· OSTI ID:1143424

Nemer, Martin B. ^[1]; Roberts, Christine C. ^[1]; Hughes, Lindsey G. ^[1]; Wyatt, Nicholas B. ^[1]; Brooks, Carlton F. ^[1]; Rao, Rekha ^[1]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

A model system was developed for enabling a multiscale understanding of centrifugal-contactor liquid–liquid extraction.The system consisted of Nd(III) + xylenol orange in the aqueous phase buffered to pH =5.5 by KHP, and dodecane + thenoyltrifluroroacetone (HTTA) + tributyphosphate (TBP) in the organic phase. Diffusion constants were measured for neodymium in both the organic and aqueous phases, and the Nd(III) partition coefficients were measured at various HTTA and TBP concentrations. A microfluidic channel was used as a high-shear model environment to observe mass-transfer on a droplet scale with xylenol orange as the aqueous-phase metal indicator; mass-transfer rates were measured quantitatively in both diffusion and reaction limited regimes on the droplet scale. Lastly, the microfluidic results were comparable to observations made for the same system in a laboratory scale liquid–liquid centrifugal contactor, indicating that single drop microfluidic experiments can provide information on mass transfer in complicated flows and geometries.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1143424

Report Number(s):: SAND2013--9812J; 482070

Journal Information:: AIChE Journal, Journal Name: AIChE Journal Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 60; ISSN 0001-1541

Publisher:: American Institute of Chemical EngineersCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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