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Extraction and Selectivity Calculations

This document contains multiple questions related to liquid-liquid extraction processes. It asks the user to calculate selectivity, yield, concentration, extraction factor, flow rates and compositions for extract and raffinate streams in single-stage and multi-stage cross current and counter current extraction systems given various parameters like distribution coefficients, feed compositions and solvent flows. It also asks the user to show construction on a ternary diagram to determine the number of stages required to achieve a given raffinate composition for a counter current system.

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Extraction and Selectivity Calculations

This document contains multiple questions related to liquid-liquid extraction processes. It asks the user to calculate selectivity, yield, concentration, extraction factor, flow rates and compositions for extract and raffinate streams in single-stage and multi-stage cross current and counter current extraction systems given various parameters like distribution coefficients, feed compositions and solvent flows. It also asks the user to show construction on a ternary diagram to determine the number of stages required to achieve a given raffinate composition for a counter current system.

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Q1.

One hundred Kg of a solution containing 50 wt% A and 50 wt% C is


mixed with a solvent with 75 Kg containing 2% wt. C and remaining B. 90
Kg of raffinate with composition 54% A and 6% B is separated.
Deteremine the selectivity of B for C.

An acqueos solution containing pyridine is treated with chlorobenzene
to extract pyridine. If the extract and raffinate phases have the following
composition at equilibrium. Calculate the selectivity of solvent for
pyridine.
Raffinate Weight % Extract Weight %

Chlorobenzene Pyridine Chlorobenzene


Pyridine
11.1 0.24 19 79.9
45 4.2 35.1 61
 Water containing 8 mg/L of steroid is extracted
with a pure solvent in a one-stage batch process.
The distribution coefficient for the steroid is 100
and the volume ratio of water to solvent is 62.
Calculate the yield and the concentration of the
steroid in the extract. Assume that water and
solvent are completely immiscible.
 Clarified Fermentation broth of pH 3 contains 180
mg/L penicillin. It is extracted using butyl acetate.
The equilibrium coefficient is 57, Feed solution is
420 L and extraction solvent 40 [Link]
extraction factor?
Q. Consider a system for which you have been given the ternary
diagram. A = solute, S = solvent (100% pure),
C = carrier. The feed, F enters at 112 kg/hr with composition of
25 wt% solute and 75 wt% carrier.

Calculate the flow and composition of the extract and raffinate from:
A)1st cross-current stage, using a pure solvent flow of 50 kg/hr.
B)2nd cross-current stage, with an additional solvent flow of 50 kg/hr.

The overall 2-stage cross-current system, find the:


C) overall recovery [answer: ∼93%]
D) overall concentration of combined extract streams [answer: ∼21%]
The objective now is to have a counter-current system so the raffinate
leaving in the Nth stage, RN has yRN = 0.025
 Show the construction on the ternary diagram for the number of equili-
 brium stages to achieve xRN = 0.025, given a solvent flow of 28 kg/hr.
 Calculate the overall recovery and concentration of the extract stream.
 Plot on the same axes the concentrations in the extract and raffinate

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