Extraction Rotating-Disk Contactor

Brodkorb M, Slater MJ. Multicomponent and contamination effects on mass transfer in a liquid-liquid extraction rotating disk contactor. Trans IChemE 2001 79(part A) 335-346. 

The rotating-disk contactor (RDC), developed in the Netherlands (158) in 1951, uses the shearing action of a rapidly rotating disk to interdisperse the phases (Eig. 15b). These contactors have been used widely throughout the world, particularly in the petrochemical industry for furfural [98-01-1] and SO2 extraction, propane deasphalting, sulfolane [126-33-0] extraction for separation of aromatics, and caprolactam (qv) [105-60-2] purification. Columns up to 4.27 m in diameter are in service. An extensive study (159) has provided an excellent theoretical framework for scale-up. A design manual has also been compiled (160). Detailed descriptions and design criteria for the RDC may also be found (161). 

FIG. 23-38 Efficiency and capacity range of small-diameter extractors, 50 to 150 mm diameter. Acetone extracted from water with toluene as the disperse phase, V /V = 1.5. Code AC = agitated cell PPC = pulsed packed column PST = pulsed sieve tray RDC = rotating disk contactor PC = packed column MS = mixer-settler ST = sieve tray. (Stichlmair, Chem. Ing. Tech. 52(3), 253-255 [1980]). 

Extraction equipment, 476-490 centrifugal, 484,487,490 comparison of types, 477 mixer-settlers, 477, 479 packed towers, 478,480,482,485 87 performance comparison, 478 pulsed towers, 481,483,487 REX2 (rotating disk contactor), 482, 487... 

Trial Estimates and Converged Flow Rates and Compositions in aU Stages of an Extraction Battery for a Four-Component Mixture 476 Sizing of Spray, Packed, or Sieve Tray Towers 486 Design of a Rotating Disk Contactor 488 Application of Ion Exchange Selectivity Data 503... 

Solvent Extraction Performance in Petroleum Refining Industry (Lube Oil Refining Subcategory) Using Extractor (Rotating Disk Contactor and Stripping Column) and Solvents (Isobutylene n-Butyl Acetate)... 

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