Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.40, No.4, 1234-1238, 2001
Hydrodynamics and mass transfer in liquid membranes with crossing streams
One of the modern techniques for separating components from solution is the application of Liquid membranes. The ability to selectively transport mixture components in which a liquid membrane forms a distinct phase which separates two other liquid or gas phases is revealed. To increase the mass-transfer effectiveness, the flow of two crossing streams is produced: the membrane and feeding solution and the membrane and receiving solution in such a system that a vortex flow is achieved. This causes a renewal of the contact area and considerable intensification of mass transfer.