LEACHING PRINCIPLES

LEACHING PROCESS DESCRIPTION

PROCESS TO CONTACT A SOLID WITH A LIQUID PHASE. SIMILAR TO EXTRACTION BECAUSE OF TWO IMMISCIBLE PHASES SIMILAR TO ABSORPTION BECAUSE TWO PHASES ARE NORMALLY PRESENT DISSIMILAR TO OTHERS BECAUSE ONLY EQUILIBRIUM IN LIQUID PHASES IS CONSIDERED

LEACHING EQUILIBRIUM
SOLVENT FORMS A LIQUID SOLUTION CARRIER MAY BE TOTALLY IMMISCIBLE SOME SOLUTION IS NORMALLY RETAINED BY THE SOLID - HAS THE SAME COMPOSITION AS THE LIQUID SOLUTION. WHEN THE AMOUNT OF RETAINED SOLUTION IS CONSTANT THE SYSTEM HAS CONSTANT SOLUTION UNDERFLOW. VARIABLE UNDERFLOW EXISTS WHEN THE AMOUNT RETAINED IS A FUNCTION OF CONCENTRATION

TYPICAL EQUILIBRIUM DIAGRAM

NOTE THE SOLID PHASE IS REPRESENTED BY THE UPPER LINE SOLUTION EQUILIBRIUM ON McCABE IS x = y LINE FOR THIS SITUATION
SOLID PHASE

Y=B/(A+C)

LIQUID PHASE

xA, yA

SINGLE STAGE LEACHING

MODELED LIKE A SINGLE STAGE LLX
xb,Lb xa,La

Y=B/(A+C)

yb,Vb

ya,Va

xA, yA

MULTIPLE CROSS CURRENT LEACHING

MODEL IS BASED ON AMOUNT IN EACH PHASE
(xb,Lb)2 (xb,Lb)1 = (xa, La)2 xa,La

Y=B/( A+C) M2 M1 yb,Vb 0 (ya,Va)1 xA, yA (ya,Va)2 1

MULTIPLE CROSS CURRENT LEACHING EXAMPLE

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MULTISTAGE COUNTERCURRENT LEACHING

RESULTS FOR DESIGN ARE SIMILAR TO SHOWN IN FIG. 12.10-2 FOR SYSTEM WITH CONSTANT L/V RATIO, THE APPROACH IS TO MODEL USING ABSORPTION FACTORS FOR ALL STAGES AFTER THE FIRST MIX

MULTISTAGE COUNTERCURRENT LEACHING CONFIGURATION

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MULTISTAGE COUNTERCURRENT LEACHING MODEL

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