Liquid-liquid extractions by use of microporous hollow fiber modules are fast compared with conventional extraction equipment because of the large surface area per volume. In these modules, the extractant and feed can be contacted at high speed andtwo...
Liquid-liquid extractions by use of microporous hollow fiber modules are fast compared with conventional extraction equipment because of the large surface area per volume. In these modules, the extractant and feed can be contacted at high speed andtwo flows are completely independent, so there are no problems with loading and channeling.
In this paper, it was investigated the extractability for liquid-liquid extraction of Cu(Ⅱ) from dilute aqueous solution into D2EHPA(di-2-ethylhexylphosphoric acid), TBP(tri-n-butyphosphate) and TOA(tri-n-octylamine) as organic extractants by using the hydrophobic hollow fiber module. To determine the dependence of mass transfer rate on distribution of Cu(Ⅱ) in the module, we compared the overall mass transfer coefficient with distribution ratio. From these experiments, we identified the effect of distribution ratio on the overall mass transfer coefficient was, for the low H, the K? was increased with increasing H, but high value of H, the effect of H on K? could be negligible.