CONTENTS OF
PRESENTATION
INTRODUCTION
DEMONSTRATION OF EQUIPMENT
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS & DEFECTS
IN EQUIPMENT
INTRODUCTION
LIQUID- LIQUID EXTRACTION IS A
MASS TRANSFER OPERATION LIKE
DISTILLATION
LEACHING
DEHUMIDIFICATION
GAS ABSORPTION
CRYSTALLIZATION etc.
DEFINITION
LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION IS USED TO
SEPARATE TWO MISCIBLE LIQUIDS.
BY THE USE OF A SOLVENT WHICH
PREFERENTIALLY DISSOLVE ONE OF
THEM OR MOSTLY THE REQUIRED
COMPONENT.
IN THIS THE DRIVING FORCE IS THE
DIFFERENCE IN SOLUBILITY.
STEPS OF OPERATION
THERE ARE THREE STEPS FOR
THIS OPERATION:
1. CONTACT OF SOLVENT WITH
RAFFINATE.
2.SEPARATION OF TWO PHASES.
3.RECOVERY OF SOLVENT.
EQUIPMENT USED
PACKED TOWER
PLATE TOWER
SPRAY TOWE
MIXER-SETTLER UNIT
IMPORTANT TERMINOLOGIES
RAFFINATE
SOLUTE
SOLVENT
DILUENT
EXTRACT
RAFFINATE
THIS IS A MIXTURE
OF COMPONETS
WHICH IS TO BE
TREATED.
e.g
THE MIXTURE OF
(A+B),SHOWN IN FIG
MIXTUER OF
(A+B)
SOLUTE
THE COMPONENT
WHICH WE WANT TO
EXTRACT FROM
RAFFINTE
e.g
A IS THE SOLUTE
WHICH WE WANT TO
EXTRACT FROM
RAFFINATE
MIXTUER OF
(A+B)
A=SOLUTE
SOLVENT
THIS IS A LIQUID
WHICH WILL
DISSOLVE THE
ONE COMPONENT
(SOLUTE) FROM
RAFFINATE
DILUENT:
THIS IS COMPONENT
WHICH LEFT BEHIND
THE RAFFINATE
AFTER EXTRACTION
EXTRACT:
THIS IS A MIXTURE
OF SOLVENT &
SOLUTE
EXTRACT
(A+C)
DILUENT (B)
PARTS OF EQUIPMENT
RAFFINATE STORAGE TANK
DILUENT STORAGE TANK
FRESH SOLVENT TANK
EXTRACT STORAGE TANK
SOLVENT TANK(FROM DISTILLATION)
EXTRACTION COLOUMN
SOLVENT RECOVERY UNIT
PARTS OF EQUIPMENT
PUMPS
PIPING NETWORK
VALVES
FLOW CONTROL METER