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Development of Micro Separation Technology Modules. Part 1: Liquid‐Liquid Extraction
Author(s) -
Wellsandt Tim,
Stanisch Benjamin,
Strube Jochen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.201400074
Subject(s) - separation (statistics) , process (computing) , process engineering , extraction (chemistry) , computer science , separation process , work (physics) , process development , engineering , mechanical engineering , chromatography , chemistry , machine learning , operating system
While devices based on micro effects are increasingly accepted in reaction engineering, there is still no breakthrough for separation applications like liquid‐liquid extraction (LLE). This situation results from process design concepts which rely mostly on empirical work, involving high experimental effort and cost. Additionally, the limited throughput potential, mostly caused by complex fluid dynamics and difficult phase separation, is problematic. In this work the current state and potential of micro technology for LLE is discussed based on literature data. Afterwards, process simulations with a distributed plug flow model are used to access the specific advantages of this technology and to identify critical process parameters.