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Author(s) |
Darekar, M.; Singh, K. K.; Joshi, J. M.; Mukhopadhyay, S.; Shenoy, K. T. (ChED)
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Source |
Separation Science and Technology, 2017. Vol. 52 (14): pp. 2213-2223 |
ABSTRACT
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This study is focused on the scale-up of solvent extraction in microbore tubes. A mono block distributor with integrated microfluidic junctions (MDIMJ) is used for generating liquid –liquid dispersion and feeding the parallel microbore tubes. Experiments involve solvent extraction of U (VI) from simulated lean streams using 30% (v/v) tributyl phosphate (TBP) in dodecane. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) microbore tubes are used as a microscale contactor. The effects of inlet flow rate and O/A ratio on stage efficiency and percentage extraction (PE) are studied. Maximum capacity tested is 1.33 × 10 –6m3/s (4.8LPH). With O/A = 2/1, more than 90% extraction is achieved in a contact time of less than 3 s. |
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