Abstract
Solventimpregnatedresinsarepromisingfortheremovalofpolarorganiccompoundsfromaqueous streams, buthavelowmass-transferrates.
Athoroughunderstandingofthephenomenaoccurringinside the oresofthesolventimpregnatedresinisthereforerequired.Inthisstudyamathematicalmodelwas
developed todescribethesimultaneousdiffusionandreaction.Thediffusionwasdescribedusingthe
Maxwell¿Stefanapproachtowardsmulti-componentdiffusionandincludedthevolume-expansionof
the organicphase.Themodelwasvalidatedusingexperimentaldatafromtheliteratureonthe
extractionofphenolbyCyanex923impregnatedinmacro-porouspolypropylene.Themodeldescribed
the experimentaldataasfunctionoftemperatureandinitialconcentrationaccuratelywithan R240.96
and aregressedreactionrateconstantwithaconfidence intervalof 76%. Analysisofthemodelresults
revealedthatmulti-componenteffectsasdescribedbytheMaxwell¿Stefanmodelwereoflimited
importance whereasthevolumeexpansionwasessentialtoaccuratelydescribetheexperimentaldata.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 139-149 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Chemical Engineering Science |
Volume | 132 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |