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The mass transfer coefficients of single drops in liquid-liquid extraction systems were studied using a single drop apparatus both with and without packing. The chemical system of n-butanol-succinic acid-water and the Structured Packing (SMV.350Y) were used in the liquid-liquid extraction. Based on the experimental results obtained for both mass transfer directions, in most cases, the structured packing had considerably enhanced the mass transfer coefficient by increasing the contact area between two phases and also increasing the contact time, especially in the contaminated systems. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 18th International Congress of Chemical and Process... 

The reactive extraction behavior on the mean drop size and distribution for synergistic extraction of vanadium from sulfate medium with di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (D2EHPA) and its mixture with tributyl phosphate (TBP) in kerosene has been interpreted in the modified rotating disc contactor column. In batch experiments, the maximum extraction efficiency was obtained in the single extraction system with 0.29 molar D2EHPA at an equilibrium pH of 2, whereas the extraction percentage was significantly increased by adding 0.3 molar TBP into the same D2EHPA concentration due to the synergistic effect. The solvent extraction process has been optimized by applying the central composition... 

In this paper, the hydrodynamic behaviour of the chemical reaction system (selenium, tellurium, and TBP) was interpreted in the Oldshue-Rushton extraction column. The optimum operating parameters for extracting the selenium and tellurium from chloride medium were carried out by using the batch experiments. The feed acidity of 5 molar and solvent phase with 20% (v/v) TBP in kerosene were optimised to examine the hydrodynamic parameters of the mentioned column. The impacts of operating variables such as rotor speed, inlet aqueous phase velocity, and inlet solvent phase velocity on the dispersed phase hold-up, mean drop size, slip velocity, drop size distribution, and extraction rate were... 

In this article, droplet size and its distribution along a pulsed liquid-liquid extraction column, is studied where SiO2 nanoparticles with concentrations of 0.01, 0.05 and 0.1vol.% and different hydrophobicities are applied to the dispersed phase. Using ultrasonication, nanoparticles were dispersed in kerosene as the base fluid. Nanofluids' stability was ensured using a UV-vis spectrophotometer. Some 22,000 droplets were measured by photographic technique and results were compared with systems containing no-nanoparticles (Water-Acetic acid-Kerosene). Addition of nanoparticles changed the droplet shape from ellipsoidal to spherical. Also, there was a marked influence on droplet breakage and... 

The present work is expressed to interpret the hydrodynamic parameters of rotation extraction columns in the reactive and non-reactive systems. The solvent extraction technique has been utilized for optimizing the transportation of molybdenum ions to the organic phase in two agitated columns (ORC and Kühni columns). Dispersed phase volume fraction, average droplet diameter, slip velocity, size distribution, and ions permeability of the aqueous phase have been investigated in terms of changing the operational variables including the agitation rate, flow rate of the inlet dispersed and continuous phases, column geometry, and reaction conditions. By considering the reactive and non-reactive... 

In this paper, the hydrodynamic behaviour of the chemical reaction system (selenium, tellurium, and TBP) was interpreted in the Oldshue-Rushton extraction column. The optimum operating parameters for extracting the selenium and tellurium from chloride medium were carried out by using the batch experiments. The feed acidity of 5 molar and solvent phase with 20% (v/v) TBP in kerosene were optimised to examine the hydrodynamic parameters of the mentioned column. The impacts of operating variables such as rotor speed, inlet aqueous phase velocity, and inlet solvent phase velocity on the dispersed phase hold-up, mean drop size, slip velocity, drop size distribution, and extraction rate were... 

A promising electrochemical sensor was developed based on a layer by layer process by electro-polymerization of pyrrole in the presence of new coccine (NC) as dopant anion on the surface of the multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) pre-coated glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The modified electrode was used as a new and sensitive electrochemical sensor for voltammetric determination of sumatriptan (SUM). The electrochemical behavior of SUM was investigated on the surface of the modified electrode using linear sweep voltammetry (LSV). The results showed a remarkable increase (∼12 times) in the anodic peak current of SUM in comparison to the bare GCE. The effect of experimental variables such... 

Mass-transfer rates to and from drops in liquid-liquid extraction processes are often reduced by the presence of contaminants. To design an industrial extractor, it is essential to consider this contamination effect in a quantitative manner. To achieve this goal, an experimental investigation was conducted on the mass transfer into single drops for n-butanol-succinic acid-water, as the recommended test system by the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE). The effects of anionic (sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS), cationic (dodecyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, DTMAC), and nonionic (octylphenol decaethylene glycol ether, Triton X-100) surfactants on the hydrodynamic and mass-transfer... 

The 3D simulation of the hydrodynamic behavior of a rotating disc contactor (RDC) by means of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was investigated for the n-butanol-succinic acid-water (BSW) system. For the two-phase liquid-liquid flow, the velocity distribution of the continuous phase and drop size distributions were determined using the k-ω turbulence model in conjunction with the Eulerian-Eulerian approach and MUSIG model. In this system in which the holdup of the dispersed phase is low, the continuous phase velocity was computed by simultaneously solving the Navier-Stokes equations beside the different models of turbulence. The motions of the dispersed phase was calculated while... 

There are high attractions in the development of conducting polymer (CP) coatings to improve the electrochemical properties and biocompatibility of electrodes in the area of biosensors. A new type of the modified electrodes is prepared in a layer-by-layer process by using multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) and poly-pyrrole. In this procedure, the glassy carbon electrode is casted by a drop suspension of MWCNT, which leads to form a thin film of nanotube on its surface. In the second step, electrochemical polymerization of pyrrole in the presence of tiron (used as doping anion) is performed on the surface of the MWCNT pre-coated electrode. The modification procedure led to fabrication of a...