Computational simulation of mass transfer in extraction of alkali metals by means of nanoporous membrane extractors

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-62

  Ghadiri, Mehdi ^a   Shirazian, Saeed ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b IRANIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IROST   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alkali metal; CFD; Mass transfer; Nanomembrane extractor; Solvent extraction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; EXTRACTANT CONCENTRATION; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; MASS CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; MASS TRANSFER MODELS; NANOMEMBRANES; STEADY-STATE CONDITION;

ALKALI METALS; CESIUM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; VELOCITY;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84878020027     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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