{"title":"Liquid-liquid equilibrium of the acetonitrile-water system for protein purification","authors":"David N. Oence, Tingyue Gu","doi":"10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00161-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00161-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Liquid-Liquid Equilibria (LLE) were measured at atmospheric pressure for the binary acetonitrile-water system at temperatures ranging from −1.3 to −18.6°C. Data points were taken using two methods, the cloud point method and the analysis of phase compositions using gas chromatography. Both methods show excellent agreement in their representation of the phase envelope. Temperature dependent NRTL (non-random two liquid) parameters were calculated from the binary data. The parameters calculated were <em>τ</em><sub>12</sub> = 355.7−31.49<sub><em>T</em></sub>(°C) and <em>τ</em><sub>21</sub> = 967.2−26.59<em>T</em>(°C) with the a value held constant 0.3.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101160,"journal":{"name":"Separations Technology","volume":"6 4","pages":"Pages 261-264"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00161-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81590715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Svein Kvåle , Hugo A. Jakobsen , Odd A. Asbjørnsen , Tore Omtveit
{"title":"Size fractionation of gas-filled microspheres by flotation","authors":"Svein Kvåle , Hugo A. Jakobsen , Odd A. Asbjørnsen , Tore Omtveit","doi":"10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00157-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00157-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A dynamic model has been developed for the size fractionation process of gas-filled microspheres by flotation. The aim of this dynamic model is to control the fractionation process in an Nycomed Imaging AS Infoson<sup>™</sup> production plant. A general population balance is established for the dispersed phase that is later simplified for the specific particle suspension and process equipment used. This dynamic model has been tested against experimental data and shows a good correlation between the predicted and measured values. This paper describes both the physical phenomena and the modeling method.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101160,"journal":{"name":"Separations Technology","volume":"6 4","pages":"Pages 219-226"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00157-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88226622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hans-Jörg Bart , Ping Ning , Peishi Sun , Wenpiao Song
{"title":"Chemisorptive catalytic oxidation process for SO2 from smelting waste gases by Fe(II)","authors":"Hans-Jörg Bart , Ping Ning , Peishi Sun , Wenpiao Song","doi":"10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00158-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00158-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Chemisorption of SO<sub>2</sub> from smelting plant exhaust gases in a single sieve plate column was investigated. Main parameters were SO<sub>2</sub> and O<sub>2</sub> gas and H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>, FeSO<sub>4</sub> and Al<sub>2</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> liquid concentrations on reaction rate and equilibrium in FeII-EDTA solutions. Absence of inhibitors with this kind of flue gases promote fast kinetics. Optimal process conditions with 3% wt. FeSO<sub>4</sub> catalyst up to 2000 PPM SO<sub>2</sub>. Maximum yield of 16% H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> could be achieved considering optimal liquid/vapor ratio, oxygen surplus and insert salt concentrations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101160,"journal":{"name":"Separations Technology","volume":"6 4","pages":"Pages 253-260"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00158-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77747547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Separation of beryllium (II) and aluminium (III) by solvent extraction using Bis-2 ethylhexyl phosphoric acid [HDEHP]","authors":"P.N. Phalke, A.V. Sherikar, P.M. Dhadke","doi":"10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00159-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00159-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A simple and rapid method for the extraction is described for the separation of beryllium (II) and aluminium (111) from aqueous sulphate solution with Bis-2 ethylhexyl phosphoric acid (HDEHP) in toluene. A systematic study of the solvent extraction of chemically similar elements, beryllium (II) and aluminium (III) was carried out separately and it has been observed that under certain specific conditions beryllium (II) and aluminium (III) can be separated in a short period from their mixture using HDEHP as an extractant.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101160,"journal":{"name":"Separations Technology","volume":"6 4","pages":"Pages 247-251"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00159-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81220830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal zone lengths in multi-pass zone-refining processes","authors":"Chii-Dong Ho ∗, Ho-Ming Yeh, Tzuoo-Lun Yeh","doi":"10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00160-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00160-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A method for determining the optimum zone length for maximum separation in multi-pass zone-refining processes is described. Numerical values of the optimum zone lengths and their corresponding maximum separations for up to ten passes are presented. The optimum zone length is found to increase with the distribution coefficient but decreases when the pass number increases. Considerable improvement in separation may be obtained if zone refining is operated at the optimum zone length, except for higher distribution coefficients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101160,"journal":{"name":"Separations Technology","volume":"6 4","pages":"Pages 227-233"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00160-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123584842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sensitivity analysis of a fixed-bed gas-solid TSA: the problem of design with uncertain models","authors":"M. Ratto, G. Lodi, P. Costa","doi":"10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00162-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00162-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper the analysis of the effects of model uncertainties on predictions is reported for a multi-component gas-solid TSA fixed-bed adsorber. Owing to the complexity of the system the study was carried out by means of a simplifiedmethod. Despite its simplicity this method allowed the evaluation of the effectiveness of predictions and the identification of the most critical aspects of the model, which require improvement in order to obtain reliable model outputs. The advantages of such an analysis are that the results can be used to improve the reliability of the model and make the model useful for good design and safety considerations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101160,"journal":{"name":"Separations Technology","volume":"6 4","pages":"Pages 235-245"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00162-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83299861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal off-time in interrupted electroosmotic dewatering","authors":"S. Gopalakrishnan, A.S. Mujumdar, M.E. Weber","doi":"10.1016/0956-9618(96)00153-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0956-9618(96)00153-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Electroosmotic dewatering was enhanced by periodically interrupting the power (the off-time) and simultaneously short circuiting the electrodes. Noting that continuous application of power corresponds to an off-time of zero, the final amount of water removed increases with off-time, goes through a maximum and then decreases. For Hydrocol clay, the experimental optimum off-time was 0.1 s for an on-time of 30s.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101160,"journal":{"name":"Separations Technology","volume":"6 3","pages":"Pages 197-200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0956-9618(96)00153-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80684626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}