Individual and Combined Effects of the Extractant,Surfactant and Modifier Concentrations on the Droplet Coalescence Time of the Primary Emulsion in the Liquid Surfactant Membrane Extraction Process

In this work, the individual and combined effects of the extractant, surfactant and modifier concentrations on the droplet coalescence time of the primary emulsion in the liquid surfactant membrane extraction process were evaluated, through emulsification experiments. Adogen 464 was used as extractant (carrier), and Escaid 110, as diluent. Two systems were studied. The first one composed by the extractant, the surfactant and the diluent, and the second one composed by the same reagents, but with the addition of 1-decanol as modifier. It was observed that, when the modifier is not present in the membrane phase, the surfactant not only stabilizes the primary emulsion, but, apparently, it also plays a role similar to that of the alcohol, promoting the solvation of the amine in a low polarity diluent. Furthermore, the extractant, a quaternary amine, helps to stabilize the primary emulsion in systems without a modifier. For membrane phases consisting of 1 or 5% w/w of Adogen 464 and 2% or 5% w/w of ECA 4360, a concentration of 3% w/w of 1-decanol was sufficient to promote the solvation of Adogen 464 in Escaid 110 and to obtain a low droplet coalescence time.

Study of Transport and Separation of Rare Earth Ions through the Emulsion Liquid Membrane of Bis(2,4,4-trimethylpentyl)phosphinic Acid-Span 80-Toluene

It is indicated from a study of transport of rare earth ions through the emulsion liquid mem- brane of bis(2,4,4-trimethylpentyl)phosphinic acid-Span 80-toluene that transporting rare earth ions com- pletely and rapidly was realized under the optimum experimental conditions:1.0×10^(-3)～3.0×10^(-3)mol/L bis(2,4,4-trimethylpentyl)phosphinic acid and 2%～4%(W/V)Span 80 in toluene solution as membrane phase,0.50～2.0 mol/L HCl as inner phase,rare earth ion solutions with pH 3.5～5.0 as outer phase.Ac- cording to the differences of transport behavior for rare earth ions,it is possible to separate rare earth ions from mixed solutions of rare earth ions by this liquid membrane system.

Recovery of Copper Ions from Wastewater by Hollow Fiber Supported Emulsion Liquid Membrane

Recovery of copper ions from wastewater using a hollow fiber supported emulsion liquid membrane (HFSELM) was studied with LIX984N as carrier, kerosene as diluents, and sulfuric acid solution as stripping phase. Effects of compositions of feed and emulsion liquid phase, flow rates on both sides of membrane, and hollow fiber module parameters were investigated. The stability of the emulsion liquid phase without surfactant and the effect of buffer in the feed phase on the extraction rate were also evaluated. It is found that the stability of the emulsion phase without surfactant is poor. Higher flow velocity gives shorter residence time for the emulsion liquid phase on the tube side, reducing the effect of particle coalescence on the separation process. The extraction rate increases with the increase of feed phase pH, carrier concentration, hydrogen ion concentration in the stripping phase, and ef- fective hollow fiber area. The phase ratio in the emulsion liquid phase has a negative effect on extraction rate. The flow rates on both sides have little influence on the extraction performance of the HFSELM, while buffer addition in the feed solution improves the extraction efficiency.

Preparation of 6-APA by Enzymatic Bioconversion in an Emulsion Liquid Membrane Reactor

Production of 6-aminopenicillanic acid (6-APA) by hydrolysis using penicillin acylase (PA) was studied as a model of an enzymatic emulsion liquid membrane (ELM) process. The loss of PA activity was examined for various membrane compositions (organic solvent, surfactant, carrier). The effects of some experimental variables on the stability of emulsion were investigated. It was found that the choice of organic solvent greatly affected the stability of the emulsion. Increasing the concentration of the carrier in the membrane phase increases the transfer rate of substrate and products but also has a destabilizing effect on the emulsion. The recovery of 6-APA obtained by a di-carrier system (N263-N1923) was much higher than those when either of the di-carriers was used separately. The whole process was controlled both by the enzymatic reaction rate and by the transfer rate of the substrate and the products, however, the ratio of them could be changed by varying the composition of the system. For an optimum condition, it was obtained that the recovery ratio of 6-APA was over 80% and the conversion of benzyl penicillin (PG) was up to 90% in the external phase after 30 minutes. Meanwhile, the breakage percentage of the emulsion was less than 2%.

Assembling Synthesis of ZnSe Orthohexagonal Slices through Emulsion Liquid Membrane System of Gas-liquid Transport

Orthohexagonal slices assembled by ZnSe quantum dots were synthesized through emulsion liquid membrane system. These orthohexagonal slices were 1.5-3.5 μm in side length and were self-assembled by ZnSe quantum dots of 2-3 nm. It was proposed the surfactant molecules on ZnSe quantum dots played a key role in the self-assembly process.

A Study on Continuous Extraction of Cadmium by Using Liquid Surfactant Membrane

Based on batch extraction, improved liquid-impeled loop reactor(LLR) was used in continuous pilot-plant extraction for cadmium recovery from aqueous wastes. It integrated emulsifying, extracting, separating and demulsifying. The results showed that the extracting efficiencies were better than those of batch one and surfactant concentration was decreased to 3.0 percent from 4.0 percent of batch extraction.

THE STUDY ON THE MASS TRANSFER MECHANISM OF EUROPIUM ION THROUGH LIQUID SURFACTANT MEMBRANES

The transfer of trivalent europium ion in a liquid surfactant membrane system is investigated in order toclarify the characteristics of liquid membrane separation process and the availability of this technique forrecovering trivalent lanthanides and actinides.A layered structure model for the emulsion globule is sug-gested.The equations describing the relationship among the effective membrane thickness,the time andother factors are derived and verified experimentally.Results show that under certain conditions the decreas-ing concentration of europium ion in the external phase is proportional to the square root of the time,the acidity of the internal phase and the carrier concentration in the membrane phase.The membrane phase consists of kerosene（solvent）,Span-80（surfactant）and di-（2-ethylhexyl） phosphoricacid（HDEHP,carrier）.The internal phase is dilute nitric acid and the external phase is aqueous solu-tion containing Eu（NO3）3.The mass transfer rate of europium in this system is high and the recovery ofeuropium may be more than 99%.

Extraction of Palladium from Acidic Chloride Media into Emulsion Liquid Membranes using LIX 984N-C^®

The extraction of palladium from hydrochloric acid solutions into emulsion liquid membranes (ELMs) using LIX 984N-C as the extractant was investigated. The influential factors and the total capacities of palladium extraction were determined by a batch method. The behavior of palladium extraction by ELMs under the operational conditions-pH of the external feed phase, surfactant and extractant concentration, internal stripping phase concentration, treat ratio and agitation speed were reported. Using LIX 984N-C, palladium was effectively extracted from the external acidic chloride feed phase into the internal receiving phase of W/O emulsions. More than 92% of palladium could be extracted at a feed pH of 2 with 3% Span 80, 9% LIX 984N-C and 7M HCl at a stirring speed of 300 rpm.

Extraction of Amino-J Acid from Waste-water by Emulsion Liquid Membrane

The emulsion liquid membrane technique was used to extract amino-J acid from industrial dye waste-water.The effects of stirring speed,ratio of the emulsion to water(Rew),ratio of the oil to internal phase(Roi)and membrane phase components on the extraction rate were investigated and optimized.The results showed that the extraction rate of amino-J acid approached 97% when the stirring speed was 300 r/min,Rew 1:6,Roi 1:1,trioctylamine(TOA)3 mL/100 mL kerosene,and methyl?didecyle?alcohol?acrylate(LMA-2)3 g/100 mL kerosene,respectively.The extraction rate had not changed with the oil phase reused for times.

Design and manufacture of emulsion liquid membrane based on various amine extractants for separation and extraction of succinic acid from fermentation broth

The aim of this study was to design a new emulsion liquid membrane(ELM)system for the separation of succinic acid from aqueous solutions.The concentration of succinic acid varied from 20 to 60 mmol·L^(-1).The prepared ELM system includes tributylamine(TBA)as a carrier,commercial kerosene as a solvent,Span 80 as a surfactant,and Na2CO3as a stripping agent.In order to control the membrane swelling,different values of cyclohexanone were added to the membrane phase.The effect of various empirical variables on the extraction of the succinic acid such as acid concentration in the feed solution,initial feed concentration,carrier concentration,the stirring speed of the extraction,Na2CO3,surfactant,and cyclohexanone concentrations,and treat ratio in the ELM system.The best result was obtained when TBA was used as the carrier.The final acid extraction efficiency was independent of pH variations of the aqueous feed solution.The extraction of succinic acid solution with a concentration of 40 mmol·L^(-1)was improved by increasing the treat ratio 1:7-1:3,stripping phase concentration 0.5-1.5 mol·L^(-1),stirring speed 300-500 r·min^(-1)and cyclohexanone concentration in the membrane phase 1.2-1.6 mol·L^(-1).No considerable effect on the extraction rate was observed for the carrier concentration in the membrane phase.But,the surfactant concentration in the feed phase showed a dual effect on the extraction efficiency.

Extraction of rare earth ions from phosphate leach solution using emulsion liquid membrane in concentrated nitric acid medium

It is very significant to recover rare earths （REs） from wet-process phosphoric acid, in terms of extraction rate and selectivity, the current carrier di（2-ethlhexly） phosphate （D2EHPA） out there is still inferior. Based on this question, our team modified D2EHPA to synthesize new extractants. This paper presents a comprehensive study on the extraction of rare earth ions （RE3＋） from phosphate leach solution using emulsion liquid membrane （ELM） in concentrated nitric acid medium. The ELM system is made up of （RO）2P（O）OPh-COOH as carrier, polyisocrotyl succinimide （T154） as surfactant, sulfonated kerosene as diluent, phosphoric acid （H3PO4） as stripping solution. Different chemical parameters such as type and concentration of carrier, surfactant, stripping solution, volume ratio of oil phase to internal phase, and volume ratio of emulsion ratio to external phase were analyzed. The extraction of RE^3＋ was evaluated by the yield of extraction. In addition, the demulsification process was also investigated. The proposed method of ELM using （RO）2P（O）OPh-COOH as carrier can he expected to provide an efficient, simplify operation, and facilitated method for extractine RE^3＋.

Biomimetic Synthesis of CdSe Quantum Dots through Emulsion Liquid Membrane System of Gas-Liquid Transport

The cadmium selenide quantum dots (QD) have been synthesized by template-control in an emulsion liquid membrane system. The system consisted of kerosene as solvent, L152 (dialkylene succinimide) as surfactant, N7301 (trialiphatic amine, Ra, R=C8-C10) as carrier, 0.1 mol/L CdCl2 solution as internal-aqueous phase and H2Se gas as external phase. Additive organic template agent in internal-aqueous phase was necessary to fom CdSe QD. The influence of the nature of template and its concentration on sizes of the formed CdSe QD has also been studied. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the sizes of the products could be controlled down to 3-4 nm. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that the crystals had cubic structure. The formation process and the optical properties of CdSe QD have also been presented.

Transport of Ca^(2+) Ion through a Bubbling Pseudo-emulsion Liquid Membrane with Calixarenes and Calixcrowns as Carriers

Several new calixcrowns were synthesized and characterized. The transport of Ca 2+ ion was investigated through a bubbling pseudo emulsion liquid membrane with these calixcrowns, the parent calixarenes ( n =4, 6, 8) and the ester, acid derivatives of calixarene as mobile carriers. The effects of the initial concentrations of Ca 2+ ion in the source phase and the initial pH difference (ΔpH) between the receiving phase and the source phase were studied. The results suggest that there are two different transport mechanisms. The transports using calixarenes and their ester, acid derivatives as carriers represent a proton coupled co transport with a flow of protons in the opposite direction, while the transports using the calixcrowns as carriers exhibit the characteristics of an anion coupled co transport with a flow of anion in the same direction.

Extraction of Neodymium by Emulsion-Liquid-Membrane within Hollow-Fiber-contactor and Its Mass Transfer Properties

A non-dispersive extraction technique, using an emulsion liquid membrane within a hollow-fiber-contactor for the extraction and enrichment of Nd^3＋ from the dilute feed aqueous, was applied. The emulsion system is consisted of span80 [ sorbitian monooleate], paraffin oil, D2EHPA [ 2-（ 2-ethylhexyl- phosphonic acid）], kerosene as well as HCl solution. The extraction under various conditions such as the span80 concentrations, the flow rate of aqueous, the extraction time and HCl concentrations in receiving phase were studied. Results show that the lower the flow rates of aqueous are, the higher the extraction percentage and enrichment-fold are, and the extraction percentage increases with the increasing of HCl concentrations. When the initial Nd^3＋ concentration in feed is maintained at 1000 mg· L^-1 and the emulsion is recycled with 70 times by a counter-flow,

Recovery of Gallium from Zinc Hydrometallurgy System by Emulsion Liquid Membrane

The investigation of recovery Ga 3+ by emulsion liquid membrane (ELM) using Tri alkyl oxide phosphine (TRPO) as the mobile carrier was reported. The optimum emulsion liquid membrane conditions were determinated. They were: the feed pH 1.0, organic phase consisting of 5% TRPO, 4% LMS 2 and 2% liquid paraffin in kerosene solution, 10% K 4[Fe(CN) 6] aq. solution as the stripping agent, R oi =2∶1, R ew =1∶5. At the optimum ELM operating condition, the recovery rate of gallium was 96.5%, and the oil phase can be reused for 5 times.

Instability Mechanisms of Supported Liquid Membrane for Phenol Transport

The instability mechanisms of the supported liquid membrane using Celgard 2500 membranes as support and tributyl phosphate dissolved in kerosene as carrier for phenol transport was studied by ele.etroehemical impedance spectroscopy. Emulsion formation is demonstrated to be one of the main causes for the instability of supported liquid membrane in the present system. The emulsion-facilitated conditions, such as higher membrane liquid concentration, faster stirring speed, lower salt concentration and higher HLB value, would accelerate the degradation of supported liquid membrane. Other mechanisms including solubility and osmotic pressure work together to increase the membrane liauid loss.

Extraction and Enrichment of Copper by Liquid Emulsion Membrane Using LIX 664N

Process intensification using liquid emulsion membranes (LEMs) for extraction of copper has been studied in this work. In LEM process the extraction and stripping processes are combined in one stage. The solubility of the solute or the chemical affinity between the solute and carrier reagent in the membrane results in the separation of the solute from the feed mixture. In this work the membrane phase comprised of LIX 664N as the extractant dissolved in kerosene and Span 80 as surfactant. The stripping phase was sulfuric acid with 180 g/l concentration and feed phase had copper concentration of 3.5 g/l. Effect of various process parameters such as batch contact time, speed of agitation, W:O ratio and treat ratio has been experimentally investigated to get better insight of the process. The maximum enrichment of copper in the internal phase obtained was 11.6 times with batch contact time of 10 minutes, agitation speed of 300 rpm and treat ratio of 6:1.

Extraction of Copper from Waste Solution Using Liquid Emulsion Membrane

The extraction of copper from acidic medium using Liquid Emulsion Membrane LEM as contactors was studied. b diketone LIX 54 as an extractant ,sesqueoleate which is nonionic surfactant with HLB value 3.7 and 0.1 M H2SO4 as stripping solution were used. The influence of initial concentration of copper in the aqueous feed phase, pH of external and internal aqueous phase, stirring speed, and concentration of extractant on the extraction rate was examined. The results obtained showed that practically all the copper content was removed from the acidic feed solution. The recovery of copper attained 96–100% and concentration ratios of about 40-fold could be achieved.

Rare earth extraction from wet process phosphoric acid by emulsion liquid membrane

The recovery of rare earths （RE） during the wet processing of phosphoric acid is very important, the method of emul- sion liquid membrane （ELM） with di（2-ethylhexly） phosphate （D2EHPA） as carrier has the high selectivity while cannot provide a satisfactory extraction rate. Here novel method of emulsion liquid membrane （ELM） using Aniline as carrier to extract RE from the feed solution was proposed. The method could increase the extraction rate of RE in the real sample to 93%. The effects of dif- ferent parameters such as type and concentration of carrier and surfactant, hydrochloric acid concentration, organic to internal phase volume ratio, membrane to external phase volume ratio on extraction of RE3＋ were investigated. Quantitative extraction （〉93%） of RE3＋ was observed with 6 vol.% Aniline and 4 vol.% T 154 liquid membrane at external to internal phase volume ratio of 10 for the feed solution. The proposed method of ELM using Aniline as carrier can be expected to provide a practical, efficient, and economical method for extracting RE from phosphate leach solution with high acidity in the industry of wet process phosphoric acid.