The electrically driven emulsion-phase contactor

Conference · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5114080

Byers, C H; Scott, T C ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)

The authors discuss an electrically driven, high surface area solvent extraction system. The system accomplished droplet formation, coalescence, and phase separation utilizing a single electric field while operating under counter-current flow conditions. The mass transport capability of this system has been analyzed by observing the transfer to acetic acid from water (dispersed phase) into methylisobutylketone. The emulsion phase contactor with 4 stages per inch one-performs laboratory scale versions of the York-Scheibel column by a factor of 16 and the Podbieniak centrifugal contactor by a factor of approximately 10.

• OSTI ID: 5114080
• Report Number(s): CONF-881143--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400105* -- Separation Procedures
400201 -- Chemical & Physicochemical Properties
400400 -- Electrochemistry
ACETIC ACID
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
COLLOIDS
DISPERSIONS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
EMULSIONS
EXTRACTION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
KETONES
MASS TRANSFER
METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE
MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE STUDIES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
WATER