CYCLONES AS LIQUID-LIQUID CONTACTOR-SEPARATORS
The use of cyclones for contacting and separating two immiscible liquids was investigated using a system 1.25M aqueous nitric acid/2O% by volume tri-butyl phosphate in odorless kerosene/uranyl nitrate, for which accurate equilibrium data were available. Good separation of the two liquids was achieved by use of a system of two cyclones and a recycle circuit, and mass transfer efficiency was gocd. The possibility of using such a system as a stage in a multistage countercurrent solvent extraction apparatus is considered. Such a system would have a high processing rate/unit volume or low residence time, a characteristic which would be favorable for the treatment of enriched fissile-material solutions or highly active solutions. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Research Group. Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berks, England
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-005247
- OSTI ID:
- 4216901
- Report Number(s):
- AERE-CE/R-2777
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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