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Title: | The development of an empirical mass transfer relationship for the extraction of copper ions in a carrier facilitated tubular supported liquid membrane system | Authors: | Makaka, Siphokazi | Keywords: | Mass transfer -- Chemical engineering;Solvent extraction -- Chemical engineering;Liquid membranes;Membrane processes -- Chemical engineering;Copper -- Metallurgy;Dissertations, Academic;MTech;Theses, dissertations, etc. | Issue Date: | 2011 | Publisher: | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | Abstract: | Treatment of waste material from mining and mineral processing is gaining increasing importance as a result of the increasing demand for high purity products and environmental concerns. Supported liquid membranes (SLMs) have been proposed as a new technology for the selective removal of metal ions from a solution. This technology can be described as the simultaneous extraction and stripping operation, combined in a continuous single process unit. Theoretically, the rate of mass transfer through SLM systems could be controlled by three resistances, namely: · Resistance through the feed-side · Resistance through the strip-side laminar layers; and · Diffusion through the membrane. It has been reported that transport resistance in the feed-side laminar layer is controlling. (Srisurichan et al, 2005:186). The objective of this research was to extract copper ions in a TSLM system, evaluate the effect of the feed characteristics on the feed-side laminar layer and determine a relationship between the applicable dimensionless numbers, i.e. Sherwood, Schmidt and Reynolds numbers. A Counter-current, double pipe Perspex bench-scale reactor, consisting of a single hydrophobic PVDF tubular membrane mounted vertically within, was used for the test work. The membrane was impregnated with LIX 984N-C and became the support for this organic transport medium. Dilute Copper solution passed through the centre pipe and sulphuric acid, as a strippant, passed through the shell side. In this test work, Copper was successfully transported from the feed-side to the strip-side and through repetitive results; a relationship between dimensionless numbers was achieved. | Description: | Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Chemical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2011 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/866 |
Appears in Collections: | Chemical Engineering - Masters Degrees |
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