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Behavior of countercurrent liquid‐liquid columns with a liquid metal
Author(s) -
Johnson T. R.,
Pierce R. D.,
Teats F. G.,
Johnston E. F.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690170107
Subject(s) - countercurrent exchange , liquid metal , pressure drop , packed bed , liquid flow , chemistry , metal , drop (telecommunication) , alloy , limiting , liquid–liquid extraction , extraction (chemistry) , cadmium , metallurgy , materials science , chromatography , thermodynamics , mechanical engineering , telecommunications , physics , computer science , mechanics , engineering
Packed columns are being considered for contacting liquid metals with molten salts to extract fission products from spent nuclear fuel. Extraction rates between a liquid cadmium alloy and a liquid chloride salt were measured at 530°C. in a prototype column. With a system of water and a low melting metal alloy, measurements of the pressure drop, limiting flow rates, and hold‐up were made and compared with the predictions of existing correlations. These data indicate that packed columns might be effective contacting devices for pyrochemical processes.