Membrane-based solvent extraction MBSE

Separations in two-phase systems with one immobilized interface(s) are much newer. The first paper on membrane-based solvent extraction (MBSE) published Kim [4] in 1984. However, the inventions of new methods of contacting two and three liquid phases and new types of liquid membranes have led to a significant progress in the last forty years. Separations in systems with immobilized interfaces have begun to be employed in industry. New separation processes in two- and three-phase systems with one or two immobilized L/L interfaces realized with the help of microporous hydrophobic wall(s) (support) are alternatives to classical L/L extraction and are schematically shown in Figure 23.1. Membrane-based solvent extraction (MBSE) in a two-phase system with one immobilized interface feed/solvent at the mouth of microspores of hydrophobic support is depicted in Figure 23.1a and will be discussed... 

Membrane-Based Solvent Extraction (MBSE) and Stripping (MBSS) 517... 

Figure 23.3 Detail view of the two-phase system in membrane-based solvent extraction (MBSE) in contactor with hydrophobic wall.

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