Modelling and Comparative Analysis of Different Methods of Liquid Membrane Separations.

This article is devoted to a brief review of the modelling of liquid membrane separation methods, such as emulsion, supported liquid membranes, film pertraction, and three-phase and multi-phase extraction. Mathematical models and comparative analyses of liquid membrane separations with different flow modes of contacting liquid phases are presented. A comparison of the processes of conventional and liquid membrane separations is carried out under the following assumptions: mass transfer is described by the traditional mass transfer equation; the equilibrium distribution coefficients of a component passing from one of the phases to another are constant.

Extraction of Copper from Sulfuric Acid Solutions Based on Pseudo-Liquid Membrane Technology.

Pseudo-liquid membranes are extraction devices in which a liquid membrane phase is retained in an apparatus consisting of two interconnected chambers while feed and stripping phases pass through the stationary liquid membrane phase as mobile phases. The organic phase of the liquid membrane sequentially contacts the aqueous phases of the feed and stripping solutions in the extraction and stripping chambers, recirculating between them. This extraction separation method, called multiphase pseudo-liquid membrane extraction, can be implemented using traditional extraction equipment: extraction columns and mixer-settlers.

Three- and Multi-Phase Extraction as a Tool for the Implementation of Liquid Membrane Separation Methods in Practice.

To promote the implementation of liquid membrane separations in industry, we have previously proposed extraction methods called three- and multi-phase extraction. The three-phase multi-stage extraction is carried out in a cascade of bulk liquid membrane separation stages, each comprising two interconnected (extraction and stripping) chambers. The organic liquid membrane phase recycles between the chambers within the same stage.

Analytical, Preparative, and Industrial-Scale Separation of Substances by Methods of Countercurrent Liquid-Liquid Chromatography.

Countercurrent liquid-liquid chromatographic techniques (CCC), similar to solvent extraction, are based on the different distribution of compounds between two immiscible liquids and have been most widely used in natural product separations. Due to its high load capacity, low solvent consumption, the diversity of separation methods, and easy scale-up, CCC provides an attractive tool to obtain pure compounds in the analytical, preparative, and industrial-scale separations. This review focuses on the steady-state and non-steady-state CCC separations ranging from conventional CCC to more novel methods such as different modifications of dual mode, closed-loop recycling, and closed-loop recycling dual modes.

Theoretical study of industrial scale closed-loop recycling counter-current chromatography separations.

Industrial separation technologies can be improved and greatly simplified by using the methods of counter-current chromatography (CCC). We have previously proposed the use of currently available solvent extraction equipment (a series of multistage columns, a cascade of centrifugal mixer-settler extractors) as large-scale CCC devices. For industrial separations, the application of closed-loop recycling counter-current chromatography (CLR CCC) methods seems to be the most promising.

Closed-loop recycling dual-mode counter-current chromatography. A theoretical study.

Closed-loop recycling dual-mode counter-current chromatography (CLR DM CCC) processes consist of two successive separation stages: separation of solutes in the recycling closed-loop with mobile x-phase and separation of solutes in the counter-current mode with mobile y-phase. Several variants of the implementation of this separation method can be developed: the closed-loop recycling stage may consist of one or several successive separation steps; all components of a mixture can pass through both stages of separation or individual components may be withdrawn from the system at different stages. In this study, such separation processes are theoretically investigated, and simple equations for simulation presented.

Modelling counter-current and dual counter-current chromatography using longitudinal mixing cell and eluting counter-current distribution models.

Two well known approaches are considered to analyze the processes of counter-current and dual counter-current chromatography: the longitudinal mixing cell model and the Craig's counter-current distribution model. The cell model represents perfectly mixed, equally sized cells in series. The number of cells characterizes the rates of longitudinal mixing in the stationary and mobile phases.