Separation of multicomponent mixtures via thermal parametric pumping

✍ Scribed by H. T. Chen; W. W. Lin; J. D. Stokes; W. R. Fabisiak

• Publisher: American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Year: 1974
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 529 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0001-1541
• DOI: 10.1002/aic.690200215

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A thermal continuous parametric pump for separating multicomponent mixtures was experimentally investigated using the model system tolueneaniline‐n‐heptane on silica gel adsorbent. A simple method for predicting separations is presented and is found to be in good agreement with the experimental results. The method, based on an equilibrium theory, invokes the assumption that a multicomponent mixture contains a series of pseudo binary systems. Each binary system consists of one of the solutes as one component and the common inert solvent as the other component.