Population Balances for Extraction Column Simulations—An Overview

01.Jan.2020

​This paper reviews the current literature on extraction column simulation when using droplet population modelling. In that regard, numerical methods will be briefly discussed and background information to necessary kernels and correlations as well as parameter evaluation will be presented. This comprises physical and chemically enhanced mass transfer, droplet movement and interactions in stirred columns. Furthermore, the benefits of CFD calculations to resolve local hydrodynamic details or ultra-fast simulation concepts for model-based forward control are covered. Finally, two case studies for an RDC and Kühni extraction column provide in detail the methodology on how to handle a design case which in principle can be extended to other extraction apparatuses.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338184388_Population_Balances_for_Extraction_Column_Simulations-An_Overview​