ISSN:
0001-1541
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
Mass diffusion studies were carried out in a diaphragm diffusion cell with the liquid system methyl alcohol, n-propyl alcohol, isobutyl alcohol. Experiments were conducted over a wide range of separating agent counterflow. The separation factor was approximately doubled and the yield decreased three orders of magnitude when the counterflow was increased one order of magnitude. Using the four ternary diffusion coefficients for the system and a diaphragm geometry based on previous calibration, the concentration and separation factors could be predicted within the range of experimental error. The theory indicates that at high counterflow considerably larger separation factors would be obtained if the diaphragm were uniform.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690090407
