Effluent flow

The LC/TOF instmment was designed specifically for use with the effluent flowing from LC columns, but it can be used also with static solutions. The initial problem with either of these inlets revolves around how to remove the solvent without affecting the substrate (solute) dissolved in it. Without this step, upon ionization, the large excess of ionized solvent molecules would make it difficult if not impossible to observe ions due only to the substrate. Combined inlet/ionization systems are ideal for this purpose. For example, dynamic fast-atom bombardment (FAB), plas-maspray, thermospray, atmospheric-pressure chemical ionization (APCI), and electrospray (ES)... 

Sedimentation Equipment. Centrifugal sedimentation equipment is usually characterized by limiting flow rates and theoretical settling capabihties. Feed rates in industrial appHcations may be dictated by Hquid handling capacities, separating capacities, or physical characteristics of the soHds. Sedimentation equipment performance is illustrated in Figure 8 on the basis of nominal clarified effluent flow rates and the appHcable values. The... 

Analysts should review the technical basis for uncertainties in the measurements. They should develop judgments for the uncertainties based on the plant experience and statistical interpretation of plant measurements. The most difficult aspect of establishing the measurement errors is estabhshing that the measurements are representative of what they purport to oe. Internal reactor CSTR conditions are rarely the same as the effluent flow. Thermocouples in catalyst beds may be representative of near-waU instead of bulk conditions. Heat leakage around thermowells results in lower than actual temperature measurements. 

The flow of effluent is often calculated on the assumption that, say, 90 per cent of the incoming water (metered by the water authority) will re-emerge as effluent. This is, of course, not the case at a brewery, for example, where direct metering or different methods are used to ascertain the effluent flow. Direct metering of the flow is, however, always difficult and therefore uncommon. 

Gel Permeation Chromatography. The instrument used for GPC analysis was a Waters Associates Model ALC - 201 gel permeation chromatograph equipped with a R401 differential refractometer. For population density determination, polystyrene powder was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (THF), 75 mg of polystyrene to SO ml THF. Three y -styragel columns of 10, 10, 10 A were used. Effluent flow rate was set at 2.2 ml/min. Total cumulative molar concentration and population density distribution of polymeric species were obtained from the observed chromatogram using the computer program developed by Timm and Rachow (16). 

The applicable HPLC flow rate with ESI is lower than that with thermospray or APCI, usually below the O.SmLmin range. The typical flow rate is 0.10-0.20 mL min for ESI, which means that the effluent flow introduced into the electrospray must be reduced by splitting when using a conventional HPLC column (4.6-mm i.d. x 250 mm). Currently, narrower columns (e.g., 2.1-mm i.d.) and slower flow rates are commonly used to achieve the desirable flow rates. The advantage of this approach is that improved separation efficiency and faster separations are also achieved (at the cost of sample capacity). 

Before and after the acquisition time, the effluent flow is directed to waste to minimize MS source contamination. 

A hold tank is installed in an aqueous effluent-treatment process to smooth out fluctuations in concentration in the effluent stream. The effluent feed to the tank normally contains no more than 100 ppm of acetone. The maximum allowable concentration of acetone in the effluent discharge is set at 200 ppm. The surge tank working capacity is 500 m3 and it can be considered to be perfectly mixed. The effluent flow is 45,000 kg/h. If the acetone concentration in the feed suddenly rises to 1000 ppm, due to a spill in the process plant, and stays at that level for half an hour, will the limit of 200 ppm in the effluent discharge be exceeded ... 

Self-monitoring for cyanide must be conducted after cyanide treatment and before dilution with other streams. Alternatively, samples may be taken of the final effluent, if the plant limitations are adjusted based on the dilution ratio of the cyanide waste stream flow to the effluent flow. 

Opportunities for reducing effluent flows and water use are also present in the bleaching plant. Acid filtrates from hypochlorite or chlorine dioxide stages can be used as dilution and wash water for the first bleaching stage. Similarly, second extraction stage filtrates can be used as dilution and... 

The various mole fractions may be determined from the ratio of individual effluent flow rates to the total effluent flow rate. (The necessary data was tabulated previously for use in analysis of the heat capacity terms.) Thus... 

From Equation 20 it follows that ii is larger when d is smaller, d can be decreased by increasing the linear effluent flow rate along the electrode. 

May need continuous flow of scrubbing solvent for the scrubber to be effective at the start of the effluent flow. 

The two equations are solved by ODE. The tabulation gives the effluent flow rates as functions of Vr. 

The effluent flow rate is assumed to show a diurnal variation with maximum values occurring in the morning and early evening. This variation can be approximated by a sine wave function ... 

Kvaerner Chemetics have developed a novel, patented process [1] for the removal of multivalent anions from concentrated brine solutions. The prime market for this process is the removal of sodium sulphate from chlor-alkali and sodium chlorate brine systems. The sulphate ion in a brine solution can have a detrimental effect on ion-exchange membranes used in the production of chlorine and sodium hydroxide consequently tight limits are imposed on the concentration of sulphate ions in brine. As brine is continuously recycled from the electrolysers back to the saturation area, progressively more and more sulphate ions are dissolved and build up quickly in concentration to exceed the allowable process limits. A number of processes have been designed to remove sulphate ions from brine. Most of these methods are either high in capital or operating cost [2] or have large effluent flows. 

The ultraviolet (UV) absorption HPLC detector is basically a UV spectrophotometer that measures a flowing solution rather than a static solution. It has a light source, a wavelength selector, and a phototube like an ordinary spectrophotometer. The cuvette is a flow cell, through which the column effluent flows. As the mobile phase elutes, the chromatogram traces a line at zero absorbance, but when a mixture... 

Q = Volumetric influent rate - volume/ time, = Waste sludge volumetric flow rate - volume/ time = Effluent Flow rate = Recycle Flow Rate... 

According to the literature [3,17,33], the heterogeneous nature of fertilizer production plants precludes the possibility of presenting a typical case study of such a facility. Nevertheless, the wastewater flows, the characteristics, and the treatment systems for a phosphoric acid and N-P-K fertilizer plant were parts of a large fertilizer manufacturing facility. The full facility additionally included an ammonia plant, a urea plant, a sulfuric acid plant, and a nitric acid plant. The typical effluent flows were 183 m /hour (806 gpm) from the phosphoric plant and 4.4 m /hour (20 gpm) from the water treatment plant associated with it, whereas in the N-P-K plant they were 420 m /hour (1850 gpm) from the barometric condenser and 108 m /hour (476 gpm) from other effluent sources. 

Early measurements in a steady-state flow apparatus showed that the meiTibrane viscometer allows the direct calculation of kinematic viscosities that are in good agreement with independent capillary viscometer measurements under limited conditions. Agreement is excellent when (1) the average polymer diameter is smaller than the membrane hole, that is, < D, and (E) the effluent flow rate or... 

A modification of the Nelson and Eggertsen method was made by Haley who also used helium and nitrogen in a continuous flow system. Haley s apparatus differs from that described in the previous chapter in that the sample cell can be pressurized while the effluent flows from a pressure regulator through the cell to a flow controller and then to the detector maintained at ambient pressure. 

Semonian and Manes have devised an approach which provides continuous data from which the desorption isotherm can be constructed. Their method utilizes a calibrated thermal conductivity detector for sensing the effluent concentration from a cell filled with adsorbate and slowly purged with a carrier gas. The amount desorbed at any relative pressure is calculated by integrating the effluent flow rate and thermal conductivity signal. 

The design has been well proved in quality assurance and origin control of flavours and fragrances. A double-oven system is shown in the Fig. 17.3, with two independent temperature controls and two detectors (DM 1, DM 2). A live switching coupling piece is used to switch the effluent flow to either the first detector or the chiral column. With optimum pneumatic adjustment of the MDGC system, certain fractions are selectively transferred onto the chiral main column as they are eluted from the precolumn (heart-cutting technique) [15]. 

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