A UNIFIED RETENTION MODEL OF SOLUTE IN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY

Based on six thermodynamic equilibria,a unified retention model of solute in liquid chromatography(LC)is first proposed.The unified model was tested and proved to be valid for a LC sys- tem with mobile phase consisting of a complete range of multiple,ternary or binary components and each kind of LC except size exclusion chromatography.In addition,so long as making some assumptions and mathematical conversions,the expressions of various popular models in LC can be derived by using the unified model.

Concentration Wave for a Class of Reaction Chromatography System with Pulse Injections

By using fluid dynamics theory with the effects of adsorption and reaction, the chromatography model with a reaction A →B was established as a system of two hyperbolic partial differential equations (PDE’s). In some practical situations, the reaction chromatography model was simplified a semi-coupled system of two linear hyperbolic PDE’s. In which, the reactant concentration wave model was the initial-boundary value problem of a self-closed hyperbolic PDE, while the resultant concentration wave model was the initial-boundary value problem of hyperbolic PDE coupling reactant concentration. The general explicit expressions for the concentration wave of the reactants and resultants were derived by Laplace transform. The δ-pulse and wide pulse injections were taken as the examples to discuss detailedly, and then the stability analysis between the resultant solutions of the two modes of pulse injection was further discussed. It was significant for further analysis of chromatography, optimizing chromatographic separation, determining the physical and chemical characters.

Modified DIX model for ion-exchange equilibrium of L-phenylalanine on a strong cation-exchange resin

L-phenylalanine, one of the nine essential amino acids for the human body, is extensively used as an ingredient in food, pharmaceutical and nutrition industries. A suitable equilibrium model is required for purification of L-phenylalanine based on ion-exchange chromatography. In this work, the equilibrium uptake of L-phenylalanine on a strong acid-cation exchanger SH11 was investigated experimentally and theoretically. A modified Donnan ion-exchange （DIX） model, which takes the activiW into account, was established to predict the uptake of L-phenylalanine at various solution pH values. The model parameters including selectivity and mean activity coefficient in the resin phase are presented. The modified DIX model is in good agreement with the experimental data. The optimum operating pH value of 2.0, with the highest t-phenylalanine uptake on the resin, is predicted by the model. This basic information combined with the general mass transfer model will lay the foundation for the prediction of dynamic behavior of fixed bed separation process.

Global Weak Entropy Solution of Nonlinear Ideal Reaction Chromatography System and Applications

The ideal reaction chromatography model can be regarded as a semi-coupled system of two hyperbolic partial differential equations, in which, one is a self-closed nonlinear equation for the reactant concentration and another is a linear equation coupling the reactant concentration for the resultant concentration. This paper is concerned with the initial-boundary value problem for the above model. By the characteristic method and the truncation method, we construct the global weak entropy solution of this initial initial-boundary value problem for Riemann type of initial-boundary data. Moreover, as examples, we apply the obtained results to the cases of head-on and wide pulse injections and give the expression of the global weak entropy solution.