Abstract
The objective of the study is to compare the performance of microchannels and conventional stage-wise extractors for liquid–liquid extraction by using a standard phase system. Three different microchannels – a T-junction microchannel, a serpentine microchannel and a split-and-recombine microchannel – have been used in the experiments. Conventional extractors are represented by a mixer-settler and an annular centrifugal extractor. The phase system used in the experiments is water (succinic acid) n-butanol system which is one of the standard phase systems recommended by the European Federation of Chemical Engineering. The extractors have been compared on the basis of percentage extraction, overall volumetric mass transfer coefficient and specific extraction rate. When compared on the basis of percentage extraction, performance of the microchannels and the conventional stage-wise extractors is found to be almost similar. Maximum values of overall volumetric mass transfer coefficient and specific extraction rates are found to be more in the microchannels than in the conventional stage-wise extractors. The ratio of maximum overall volumetric mass transfer coefficient in microchannels and conventional stage-wise extractors is found to range from 1 to 8.1. The ratio of maximum specific extraction rate in microchannels and conventional stage-wise extractors is found to range between 2.3 and 9.7.
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