IDENTIFICATION OF MASS TRANSFER PARAMETERS FOR ROCK SALT DISSOLUTION IN A PLUG FLOW SYSTEM
Date
2017
Authors
Szabolcs FOGARASI
Melinda NAGY
Florica IMRE-LUCACI
Arpad IMRE-LUCACI
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
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Publisher
STUDIA UBB CHEMIA. Published by Babeş-Bolyai University
Abstract
Considering the particularities of rock salt solution mining, the current paper aims to determine the mass transfer parameters for rock salt dissolution in a plug flow system. The influence of crucial operating parameters such as flow rate and channel depth on the mean driving force, volumetric mass transfer coefficient and extraction yield was evaluated. It was found that flow rate increase intensifies the dissolution process leading to a more rapid dissolution of the rock salt deposit. Similar effect was noticed in the case of flow channel depth increase which leads to higher mass transfer area, increasing the amount of dissolved salt from the rock salt deposit.
Description
STUDIA UBB CHEMIA, LXII, 1, 2017 (p. 175-182), DOI:10.24193/subbchem.2017.1.15
Szabolcs FOGARASI
Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, szabolcs.fogarasi@ubbcluj.ro
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9917-6406
Melinda NAGY
Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture Science and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, melinda.nagy@usamvcluj.ro
Florica IMRE-LUCACI
Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Bio Nano Sciences, “Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, florica.imre@ubbcluj.ro
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2943-7946
Arpad IMRE-LUCACI
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
*Corresponding author: arpad.imre@ubbcluj.ro
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7986-5135
Keywords
dissolution, mass transfer, salt mining, plug flow
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