Abstract
Abstract The extraction of sulfuric acid in a supported-liquid membrane (SLM) process, and the kinetics of extraction and stripping of sulfuric acid in a cell of constant interfacial area by trioctylamine (TOA)/kerosene solvent were investigated. The kinetics of extraction and stripping were determined by examining the effects of the operating variables. The extraction rate is a function of the activity of sulfuric acid and the concentration of TOA; the stripping rate is a function of the concentration of trioctylamine sulfate salts in the organic solution. A generalized transport model, which included the film diffusion of sulfuric acid in the aqueous phase, the membrane diffusion within the SLM, and the interfacial chemical reaction, was built. The permeability of sulfuric acid through the SLM using TOA as a mobile carrier was determined. The rate-determining step of the extraction of sulfuric acid through a SLM was analyzed using the data obtained from the experiments of extraction kinetics and the mas...
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