Abstract
In conventional chromatography, a solute is usually viewed to be longitudinally transported only in the mobile phase, remaining longitudinally motionless in the stationary phase. In counter-current chromatography, both phases undergo intense mixing in the variable force field of a coil planet centrifuge and longitudinal dispersion of matter in the stationary phase is not to be excluded. To take into account longitudinal mixing in both phases, a cell model of chromatographic process is proposed in which the number of perfectly mixed cells n is determined by the rates of mixing in stationary ( D S) and mobile ( D m) phases by the equation n= LF/(2A c D m ) (1+S f (λ−1)) with λ= K D D S/ D m ( F, L, A c and K D are the mobile phase flow-rate, column length, column cross-section and distribution ratio, respectively). This equation has been derived by comparing the discontinuous cell model with continuous diffusion assuming equilibrium conditions. Parameter determination and their relationships are discussed.
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