Industrial Chemical Process Design
Including complex operations and formulas that are explained in an easy-to-understand format, this book provides the solutions to some of the most complex problems in chemical process design.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Industrial Chemical Process Design
Chapter 7: Liquid-Liquid Extraction
Nomenclature
| ? ? | density difference between liquid phases, lb/ft 3 | |
| a | packing area, ft 2/ft 3 | |
| D C | continuous-phase density, lb/ft 3 | |
| D D | dispersed-phase density, lb/ft 3 | |
| DIA 1 | extractor internal diameter, column section 1, ft | |
| DIA 1 R | required extractor column internal diameter for raffinate phase, ft | |
| DIA 1 S | required extractor column internal diameter for solvent phase, ft | |
| F e | packing factor | |
| FLOOD R 1 | extractor loading flood percentage, raffinate flow rate basis | |
| FLOOD S 1 | extractor loading flood percentage, solvent flow rate basis | |
| H | Henry s law constant, atm/mole fraction of solute in liquid phase | |
| H f | Henry s law constant for solute in feed liquid phase | |
| H s | Henry s law constant for solute in solvent liquid phase | |
| K D | equilibrium constant; distribution coefficient | |
| MW f | molecular weight of feed without solute | |
| MW s | molecular weight of solvent without solute | |
| O j | interfacial surface tension from Fig. 7.12, dyn/cm | |
| p | partial pressure of solute, atm | |
| RDEN 1 | raffinate density, column section 1, lb/ft 3 | |
| S | entering solvent, lb | |
| S 1 | solvent rate, column section 1 (solute included), lb/h | |
| SDEN 1 | solvent density, column section 1,... |
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