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

Abstract

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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  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
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Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1143424
Report Number(s):
SAND2013-9812J
Journal ID: ISSN 0001-1541; 482070
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
AIChE Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 60; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0001-1541
Publisher:
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; separation techniques; extraction; microfluidics

Citation Formats

Nemer, Martin B., Roberts, Christine C., Hughes, Lindsey G., Wyatt, Nicholas B., Brooks, Carlton F., and Rao, Rekha. Drop mass transfer in a microfluidic chip compared to a centrifugal contactor. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1002/aic.14510.
Nemer, Martin B., Roberts, Christine C., Hughes, Lindsey G., Wyatt, Nicholas B., Brooks, Carlton F., & Rao, Rekha. Drop mass transfer in a microfluidic chip compared to a centrifugal contactor. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.14510
Nemer, Martin B., Roberts, Christine C., Hughes, Lindsey G., Wyatt, Nicholas B., Brooks, Carlton F., and Rao, Rekha. Fri . "Drop mass transfer in a microfluidic chip compared to a centrifugal contactor". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.14510. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1143424.
@article{osti_1143424,
title = {Drop mass transfer in a microfluidic chip compared to a centrifugal contactor},
author = {Nemer, Martin B. and Roberts, Christine C. and Hughes, Lindsey G. and Wyatt, Nicholas B. and Brooks, Carlton F. and Rao, Rekha},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1002/aic.14510},
journal = {AIChE Journal},
number = 8,
volume = 60,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}

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