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of cells, m, required to satisfy given conditions is facilitated by the nomo- graph which, for convenience, deals with 1/F rather than F, although bas...
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Extraction Nomograph for SoluteFree Solvents D. S. DAVIS Wayne University, Detroit, Mich.

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m = number of cells or units in battery

N THEIR discussion of the theory of continuous counter-

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current extraction under equilibrium conditions Badger and McCabe (1) quoted Baker’s equation (2) for the case of solute-free solvents:

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of liquid by solids within system and is constant for all cells except the last n = number of any cell except the last a,,, = value of a for cell m S D = weight of solute in solution adhering t o solids discharged from system, lb./lb. inert solid ,s = weight of solute in solution on fresh solids fed to system, lb./lb. inert solid 8, = weight of solute in solution overflowing from nth cell, lb./lb. inert solid ss = weight of solute in solution in underflow from nth cell, lb./lb. inert solid

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the ratio of unextracted solute to solute entering with fresh solids

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In a form explicit i n m this equation becomes ,

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The determination of the number

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conditions is facilitated by the nomograph which, for convenience, deals with 1 / F rather t h a n F , although based upon Equations 1 or 2. The use of the chart is illustrated as follows: How many units are needed when 1 / F , the ratio of solute entering with the fresh solids to the unextracted solute, is 220, and a, and a have the values of 2 and 3.2, respectively? Following the arrows, connect 2 on the a, scale with 220 on the l / F scale and project the isopleth to meet the vertical line for a = 1. Then proceed horizontally until a n intersection with the vertical line for a = 3.2 is attained. The intersection is just below the curve for m = 5 , showing that four cells are insufficient and that five cells provide a little more capacity than is required.

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Literature Cited and McCabe, ”Elements of Chemical Engineering”, p. 426, New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1936. ( 2 ) Baker, E. M., Chem. h Met. EPW.,42, 669-671 (1935). (1) Badger

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