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The effect of nanoparticles on the mass transfer in Liquid–Liquid extraction

Mirzazadeh Ghanadi, A ; Sharif University of Technology | 2015

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2013.858037
  3. Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd , 2015
  4. Abstract:
  5. This article investigates the effect of nanoparticles on mass transfer in the liquid–liquid extraction for the chemical system of n-butanol–succinic acid–water. For this purpose, nanofluids containing various concentrations of ZnO, carbon nanotubes (CNT), and TiO2 nanoparticles in water, as base fluid, were prepared. To examine the flow mode effect on mass transfer rate, different fluid modes including dropping and jetting were employed in the process. Results show that mass transfer rate enhancement depends on the kinds and the concentration of nanoparticles and the modes of flow. It was observed that after adding nanoparticles, the mass transfer rate significantly increases up to two-fold for ZnO nanoparticles. Furthermore, the results indicate that under the circumstances in which the mass flow rate is high enough, the effect of nanoparticles on the mass transfer phenomenon is too slight
  6. Keywords:
  7. Carbon nanotubes ; Extraction ; Fluids ; Hydrodynamics ; Liquids ; Nanofluidics ; Nanoparticles ; Yarn ; Zinc oxide ; Chemical systems ; Liquid extraction ; Mass flow rate ; Mass transfer enhancement ; Mass transfer phenomena ; Mass transfer rate ; Succinic acids ; ZnO nanoparticles ; Mass transfer
  8. Source: Chemical Engineering Communications ; Volume 202, Issue 5 , Sep , 2015 , Pages 600-605 ; 00986445 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00986445.2013.858037