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Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering

February 2021

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The image shows the results of a flooding study using the extraction column. © AD​/​BCI

February 2021 - Efficient Shortcut Method for Determining the Process Window in Stirred‐Pulsed Extraction Columns

Recent studies showed the superior separation performance of stirred‐pulsed columns of different diameters in liquid‐liquid extraction processes. Here, an efficient shortcut method will be presented, which is time and resource‐efficient as well as cost‐effective to determine the operational window of these columns for industrial separation tasks. Savings in time of less experiments and costs of materials consumption can be estimated with up to 30 %. The presented method is particularly suitable before the application of new chemical systems, which are particularly cost‐intensive and scarce in material supply.

Corresponding publication: M. Schmalenberg, T. A. Frede, C. Mathias, N. Kockmann, Chemie Ingenieur Technik, Efficient Shortcut Method for Determining the Process Window in Stirred‐Pulsed Extraction Columns, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202000066