Aravamudan Kannan

Department Of Chemical Engineering

Liquid-liquid extraction

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Formation of tailed drops in liquid-liquid extraction

Chemical Engineering Science

The efficacy of power ultrasound of 20 kHz in enhancing the volumetric mass transfer coefficient was investigated in this study. Breakage and dissolution of sparingly soluble benzoic acid dispersed in either water or 24% aqueous glycerol was monitored as a function of time and ultrasound power input. Particle size measurements were carried out at intermediate times during the experiment to estimate the mean particle size and surface area. Linear combination of lognormal distributions was found to fit the experimental particle size distribution data. The De Brouckere mean diameters (d 43) obtained from the particle size distributions decreased with increase in the ultrasonic power level. Empirical correlations were developed for the evolution of surface area as a function of ultrasonic energy input per unit mass. The effect of ultrasound on the intrinsic mass transfer coefficient (kc) could be decoupled from the volumetric mass transfer coefficient (kca) as the surface area was also estimated. Different approaches involving either constant or variable intrinsic mass transfer coefficients were employed when carrying out the delineation. Mass transfer rates were enhanced due to both higher ultrasound induced intrinsic convective mass transfer coefficient and additional surface area created from particle breakage. To delineate the effects of particle breakage from solid dissolution, experiments were also carried out under non-mass transfer conditions by pre-saturating the solvents with benzoic acid. Both the solid-liquid systems examined in the present study attained saturation concentration when the ultrasonic energy input per unit mass was approximately 60 kJ/kg, irrespective of the ultrasonic power level setting. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

Quantification of surface area and intrinsic mass transfer coefficient for ultrasound-assisted dissolution process of a sparingly soluble solid dispersed in aqueous solutions

A 5 cm internal diameter Karr reciprocating plate column has been operated in countercurrent liquid-liquid flow in the absence of mass transfer and with mass transfer of i-propanol from the dispersed phase (Isopar M) to the continuous phase (water). The effect of mass transfer is to increase the drop diameter, while the holdup is reduced and axial dispersion is increased. Although an unstable density gradient was created by the mass-transfer process, earlier models developed under non-mass-transfer conditions, based on Kolmogoroffs isotropic turbulence theory, were not applicable in describing the enhancement in axial mixing. It was concluded that the density gradient effect was masked by the effect of the larger drops which were formed because of mass-transfer-induced coalescence. Mass-transfer coefficients for the dispersed phase were found to show the same trends as the Handlos and Baron oscillating drop model.A 5 cm internal diameter Karr reciprocating plate column has been operated in countercurrent liquid-liquid flow in the absence of mass transfer and with mass transfer of i-propanol from the dispersed phase (Isopar M) to the continuous phase (water). The effect of mass transfer is to increase the drop diameter, while the holdup is reduced and axial dispersion is increased. Although an unstable density gradient was created by the mass-transfer process, earlier models developed under non-mass-transfer conditions, based on Kolmogoroff's isotropic turbulence theory, were not applicable in describing the enhancement in axial mixing. It was concluded that the density gradient effect was masked by the effect of the larger drops which were formed because of mass-transfer-induced coalescence. Mass-transfer coefficients for the dispersed phase were found to show the same trends as the Handlos and Baron oscillating drop model.

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Effects of mass transfer on the hydrodynamic behavior of a Karr reciprocating plate column

AIChE Journal

Effect of unstable density gradients on back-mixing in a reciprocating plate column

Surface tension effects in sieve plate distillation columns

Influence of mass transfer on coalescence of drops

Journal	Data powered by TypesetChemical Engineering Science
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ISSN	00092509
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