BARC/PUB/2017/1534

 
 

Single-stage microscale solvent extraction in parallel microbore tubes using a monoblock distributor with integrated microfluidic junctions

 
     
 
Author(s)

Darekar, M.; Singh, K. K.; Joshi, J. M.; Mukhopadhyay, S.; Shenoy, K. T.
(ChED)

Source

Separation Science and Technology, 2017. Vol. 52 (14): pp. 2213-2223

ABSTRACT

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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