Development of an Inclined Plate Extractor-Separator for Immiscible Liquids
A new inclined plates extractor-separator is developed for operation with immiscible liquids in which extraction and separation is achieved in one unit contrary to mixer settlers. The inclined plates extractor-separator combines turbulent jets for contacting, and an inclined plate for separation of...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2009-10-01
|
| Series: | Energies |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/2/4/957/ |
| _version_ | 1818012294853951488 |
|---|---|
| author | Syed Zahoor ul Hassan Rizvi Muhammad Arif Butt Syed Sheraz Daood Shahid Munir |
| author_facet | Syed Zahoor ul Hassan Rizvi Muhammad Arif Butt Syed Sheraz Daood Shahid Munir |
| author_sort | Syed Zahoor ul Hassan Rizvi |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | A new inclined plates extractor-separator is developed for operation with immiscible liquids in which extraction and separation is achieved in one unit contrary to mixer settlers. The inclined plates extractor-separator combines turbulent jets for contacting, and an inclined plate for separation of the two phases. The inclined plates extractor-separator does not have any moving part inside the vessel. This feature makes it free from the mechanical problems associated with conventional apparatus. The proposed inclined plates extractor-separator was operated in batch mode under various operating conditions to evaluate its performance on the basis of extraction efficiency. Water (light phase) was used as solvent to extract ethyl acetate from a heavy phase pool of tetrachloroethylene and ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate content was analysed using chromatography. A hydrodynamic study was carried out using high speed photography to understand the mechanisms occurring during mass transfer across the two phases. Furthermore, it was found that the proposed inclined plate extractor-separator reduces the overall operating time by 67% and consumes only 13% of the power in comparison to a mixer-settler. A hydraulic power consumption comparison with a mixer settler and a gullwing extractor-separator is also presented. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-14T06:18:23Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-0a3a61115cdf477ca43784e6acd8f679 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1996-1073 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-14T06:18:23Z |
| publishDate | 2009-10-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Energies |
| spelling | doaj.art-0a3a61115cdf477ca43784e6acd8f6792022-12-22T02:08:06ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732009-10-012495797510.3390/en20400957Development of an Inclined Plate Extractor-Separator for Immiscible LiquidsSyed Zahoor ul Hassan RizviMuhammad Arif ButtSyed Sheraz DaoodShahid MunirA new inclined plates extractor-separator is developed for operation with immiscible liquids in which extraction and separation is achieved in one unit contrary to mixer settlers. The inclined plates extractor-separator combines turbulent jets for contacting, and an inclined plate for separation of the two phases. The inclined plates extractor-separator does not have any moving part inside the vessel. This feature makes it free from the mechanical problems associated with conventional apparatus. The proposed inclined plates extractor-separator was operated in batch mode under various operating conditions to evaluate its performance on the basis of extraction efficiency. Water (light phase) was used as solvent to extract ethyl acetate from a heavy phase pool of tetrachloroethylene and ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate content was analysed using chromatography. A hydrodynamic study was carried out using high speed photography to understand the mechanisms occurring during mass transfer across the two phases. Furthermore, it was found that the proposed inclined plate extractor-separator reduces the overall operating time by 67% and consumes only 13% of the power in comparison to a mixer-settler. A hydraulic power consumption comparison with a mixer settler and a gullwing extractor-separator is also presented.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/2/4/957/extractionseparationchromatographyhydraulic powerbatch modehydrodynamic |
| spellingShingle | Syed Zahoor ul Hassan Rizvi Muhammad Arif Butt Syed Sheraz Daood Shahid Munir Development of an Inclined Plate Extractor-Separator for Immiscible Liquids Energies extraction separation chromatography hydraulic power batch mode hydrodynamic |
| title | Development of an Inclined Plate Extractor-Separator for Immiscible Liquids |
| title_full | Development of an Inclined Plate Extractor-Separator for Immiscible Liquids |
| title_fullStr | Development of an Inclined Plate Extractor-Separator for Immiscible Liquids |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of an Inclined Plate Extractor-Separator for Immiscible Liquids |
| title_short | Development of an Inclined Plate Extractor-Separator for Immiscible Liquids |
| title_sort | development of an inclined plate extractor separator for immiscible liquids |
| topic | extraction separation chromatography hydraulic power batch mode hydrodynamic |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/2/4/957/ |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT syedzahoorulhassanrizvi developmentofaninclinedplateextractorseparatorforimmiscibleliquids AT muhammadarifbutt developmentofaninclinedplateextractorseparatorforimmiscibleliquids AT syedsherazdaood developmentofaninclinedplateextractorseparatorforimmiscibleliquids AT shahidmunir developmentofaninclinedplateextractorseparatorforimmiscibleliquids |