Investigation on Copper Extraction Using Numerical Simulation

Azam Marjani; Saeed Shirazian

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Vol. 23 No. 7 (2011): Vol 23 Issue 7

Issue Published : March 11, 2011

Investigation on Copper Extraction Using Numerical Simulation

Azam Marjani

Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran

Saeed Shirazian

Department of Chemical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran

Corresponding Author(s) : Azam Marjani

a-marjani@iau-arak.ac.ir

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 23 No. 7 (2011): Vol 23 Issue 7
Article Published : March 28, 2011

Abstract

Extraction of Cu²⁺ with a kerosene solution of di(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid (D2EHPA) in membrane contactors was studied in this work. Simulations were performed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) of mass and momentum transfer in all subdomains of a circular membrane contactor. Conservation equations were derived and solved for Cu²⁺ in the membrane contactor. With solving conservation equations, concentration and pressure distributions were obtained for solute. Simulation results showed an extraction efficiency of 85.8 % for Cu²⁺.

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Copper extraction Numerical simulation Membrane Computational fluid dynamics

Marjani, A., & Shirazian, S. (2011). Investigation on Copper Extraction Using Numerical Simulation. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 23(7), 3289–3290. Retrieved from https://asianpubs.org/index.php/ajchem/article/view/10573

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Vol. 23 No. 7 (2011): Vol 23 Issue 7

Investigation on Copper Extraction Using Numerical Simulation

Corresponding Author(s) : Azam Marjani

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