Journal Articles Chemical Engineering Science Year : 2013

Flooding characteristics of an aqueous two-phase system in a counter-current Kuhni-type column

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The flooding behavior of an aqueous two-phase system was investigated using a laboratory-scale counter-current agitated Kuhni-type column. Experimental flooding limits were compared to the literature which has been established for aqueous-organic two-phase systems. Although the density difference and interfacial tension in the aqueous two-phase system studied were beyond the values typically encountered in aqueous-organic systems, comparison to the existing literature allowed for a prediction of the onset of flooding. Thus existing estimation procedures of the mean Sauter droplet diameter and terminal droplet velocity can be applied to aqueous two-phase systems.
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hal-01282093 , version 1 (03-03-2016)

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Sabine Rode, Alain Durand, Isabelle Mabille, Eric Favre. Flooding characteristics of an aqueous two-phase system in a counter-current Kuhni-type column. Chemical Engineering Science, 2013, 98, pp.98-103. ⟨10.1016/j.ces.2013.03.059⟩. ⟨hal-01282093⟩
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