Summary report on liquid-liquid contactor scoping experiments and validation test case definition

Wardle, Kent E.

doi:10.2172/1059653

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“…The extraction efficiency is the evaluation index of the mass transfer performance of ACCs, and the higher the efficiency, the better the mass transfer performance. The extraction efficiency defined by the Murphree equation is shown in Equation ( 4) [22]. We took the average of three experiments as the extraction efficiency under a certain condition.…”

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Effect of Geometrical Parameters on Extraction Efficiency of the Annular Centrifugal Contactor

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Yang

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The geometrical parameters of annular centrifugal contactors (ACCs) have an important influence on the extraction efficiency. The present work used a home-made 25 mm ACC constructed by 3D printing to investigate the effect of five geometrical parameters on the extraction efficiency. These parameters are annular width (d), clearance height (Hc), rotor inlet diameter (Din), bottom vane number (N), and the bottom vane’s bending direction (S). Central composite design was employed to design the experiment, and the response surface methodology was used to analyze the data. The results show that Hc and Din were positive for efficiency, while d and N were negative. When the bottom vane’s bending direction was the same as the liquid helical flow direction, the efficiency improved compared to the straight vane. It is found that 3 mm d, 5 mm Hc, 6 mm Din, and four clockwise covered vanes are the parameters where the efficiency reached the highest point of 94.5%. We analyzed the interactions between the parameters based on the coefficients of the quadratic equation, and the interactions were not considered in previous studies. This work surprisingly reveals that the effects of the parameters on the extraction efficiency were not independent, and there were interactions between the parameters. The interaction between the rotor inlet diameter and annular width was significant and could not be ignored. These results could serve as a reference for optimizing extraction processes and the design of ACCs.

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