Continuous counter-current extraction of rhenium from roasting dust leach liquor was carried out using a mixer-settler extractor. Tributylphosphate was used as the extractant diluted in kerosene. The effects of the flow rates and extraction stages number were investigated. The extraction efficiency was affected by the flow rates of the aqueous and organic phases, and its mechanism was qualitati...

Countercurrent membrane supported reactive extraction (MSRE) was studied for removal of carboxylic acids from aqueous streams with a PTFE capillary membrane. Analysis the mass transfer rates performed to support modeling process. Total coefficients ranging 2.0·10-7 4.0·10-7 m/s were obtained when extracting lactic acid 20 wt% tri-N-octyl amine in 1-decanol thicknesses 260 µm and 80 µm. The limi...

Recently, refrigerant 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R134a) was considered as an extraction solvent alternative to supercritical fluid CO2. We measured water-liquid R134a partition coefficients of some organic compounds using a high-speed countercurrent chromatography (HSCCC). The experiment could be operated by moderate modification of the commercial instrument. The partition coefficient data were...

The countercurrent extraction method of Galanos and Kapoulas for the separation of phospholipids from triglycerides was compared with dialysis in petroleum ether in an apparatus modified from that of Eberhagen and Betzing. The efficiencies of the methods are similar, but dialysis, which is slower, can yield triglycerides that are entirely free from phosphorus. The behavior of free fatty acids a...

Glycothiohexide alpha was recovered from the fermentation broth of a "Sebekia" sp. by mixed solvent extraction, selective precipitation and adsorption chromatography on Diaion HP-20. The amount of glycothiohexide alpha present in the crude preparation was enriched by photolysis. Purification of glycothiohexide alpha was accomplished by repetitive countercurrent chromatography.