Maxwell-Stefan modeling of mass transfer in solvent impregnated resins

J Bokhove, PJAM Kerkhof, B Schuur, AB de Haan

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)139-149
Number of pages11
JournalChemical Engineering Science
Volume132
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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