Number of Equilibrium Extraction Stages
The Number of Equilibrium Extraction Stages is the number of Ideal Equilibrium stages required for Liquid-Liquid Extraction.
Symbol: N
Measurement: NAUnit: Unitless
Note: Value should be greater than 0.
Mass Fraction of Solute in the Feed
The Mass Fraction of Solute in the Feed is the mass fraction of the solute in the Feed to the Liquid-Liquid Extraction operation.
Symbol: zC
Measurement: NAUnit: Unitless
Note: Value should be less than 1.
Mass Fraction of Solute in the Solvent
The Mass Fraction of Solute in the Solvent is the mass ratio of the solute in the inlet solvent to the solvent mass in Liquid-Liquid Extraction operation.
Symbol: ys
Measurement: NAUnit: Unitless
Note: Value should be greater than 0.
Distribution Coefficient of Solute
The distribution coefficient of solute is defined as the concentration of solute in the extract phase divided by the concentration of solute in the raffinate phase.
Symbol: KSolute
Measurement: NAUnit: Unitless
Note: Value should be greater than 0.
Mass Fraction of Solute in the Raffinate
The Mass Fraction of Solute in the Raffinate Phase is the mass fraction of the solute in the raffinate phase after separation of the ternary mixture.
Symbol: xC
Measurement: NAUnit: Unitless
Note: Value should be less than 1.
Extraction Factor
The Extraction Factor is defined as the ratio of the slope of equilibrium line to the slope of operating line.
Symbol: ε
Measurement: NAUnit: Unitless
Note: Value should be greater than 1.