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- Title
Solvent Extraction of Boric Acid: Comparison of Five Different Monohydric Alcohols and Equilibrium Modeling with Numerical Methods.
- Authors
Balinski, Adam; Recksiek, Volker; Kelly, Norman; Paluch, Andrew S.
- Abstract
Solvent extraction is one of the common methods for the recovery of boric acid (or boron) from aqueous solutions. A wide variety of different compounds including monohydric alcohols has been tested, and there is wide recognition that they are rather ineffective compared to other extractants such as diols. Nevertheless, monohydric alcohols find application in industrial processes, demonstrating their efficiency. The intention of this study is to clarify this discrepancy and to provide an overall picture of monohydric alcohols as an extractant for boric acid. Five different monohydric alcohols are the object of this study: n-octanol, 2-ethyl-1-hexanol, 2-butyl-1-octanol, 2-octanol and 3,7-dimethyl-3-octanol. A special focus of this work is the examination of the effect of the structure of the carbon chain and the effect of the composition of the aqueous phase on the extraction efficiency. As well as the extraction efficiency for boric acid, other important properties are examined such as the viscosity of the organic phase, the solubility of alcohols in the aqueous phase and the co-extraction of salts used as a salting-out agent (NaCl, Na 2 SO 4 , MgCl 2 , LiCl, LiNO 3 ). Finally, a numerical algorithm is developed to calculate the relationship between the number of theoretical stages and the phase ratio at equilibrium for selected extraction systems.
- Subjects
BORIC acid; PHASE equilibrium; MANUFACTURING processes; ALCOHOL; SOLVENT extraction; AQUEOUS solutions
- Publication
Processes, 2021, Vol 9, Issue 2, p398
- ISSN
2227-9717
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/pr9020398