Experimental Investigation and Mass Transfer Modelling in Rotating Disc Contactor with Asymmetric Configuration for Zinc Recovery

Author(s):  
Mehdi Asadollahzadeh ◽  
Rezvan Torkaman ◽  
Meisam Torab-Mostaedi ◽  
Mojtaba Saremi
1984 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 767-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenichi Suga ◽  
Arunwon Boongorsrang

2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 821-826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Lúcia Figueiredo Porto ◽  
Leonie Asfora Sarubbo ◽  
Keila Aparecida Moreira ◽  
Homero José Farias de Melo ◽  
José Luís Lima-Filho ◽  
...  

A continuous perforated rotating disc contactor was used to extract the enzyme ascorbic oxidoreductase (E.C.1.10.3.3) from crude extract of Curcubita maxima with an aqueous two-phase system of poly (ethylene glycol) and phosphate salts. The effect of dispersed phase velocity on either protein mass transfer coefficients or separation efficiency at 1, 2 and 3 mL/min was studied. An increase of the mass transfer coefficients was observed with the dispersed phase velocity, while the separation efficiency showed a small decrease with the increase of this parameter. The experimental results obtained during continuous extraction showed that the ascorbic oxidoreductase activity was partitioned preferentially into the salt-rich phase in all conditions studied. The best recovery of enzyme activity was 236%, with a purification factor of 34 in flow rates of 1 mL/min for dispersed phase.


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