Axial mixing and mass transfer characteristics of pulsed extraction column with discs and doughnuts

The axial mixing is a key factor for design and scaling up of the pulsed extraction column which has strong influence on the mass transfer performances of the pulsed extraction column with discs and doughnuts. A steady-state concentration profile measurement was used to evaluate the mass transfer and axial mixing coefficients for the nitric acid/water/30%TRPO (in kerosene) system in the pulsed extraction column with the diameter of 38 mm on the condition of the TRPO-kerosene solution as the continuous phase and the flow ratio of 1: 1. Experimental results indicate that Ey evaluated by the experiments is in good agreement with that given by Burratti's correlation; the axial mixing is far smaller for the continuous phase than that for the dispersed phase. However the empirical correlation for Hox is only given based on the present data.