SARVAJANIK COLLEGE OF

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

An open ended project

“ DISCUSS TWO CASE STUDY FOR COUNTER CURRENT
LEACHING, RATE RECOVERY OF SOLVENT VAPOURS.”

Under subject of
MASS TRANSFER OPERATION - 1

B. E. III , Semester – V
( CHEMICAL ENGINEERING BRANCH )

Submitted by:
Sr No. Name of the Student Enrolment no.
1. TAILOR KASHYAP 180423105011
2. THESIYA RAVI 180423105012
3. MORADIYA AKASH 15042015032

SUBMITTED TO : Prof.(Dr.) Vaishali Umrigar

Prof. Shireen Singh

Academic year
(2019)
 SARVAJANIK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
CHEMICAL ENGG. DEPARTMENT

2019

CERTIFICATE

Date:_____________

This is to certify that the open ended project entitled “ DISCUSS TWO CASE
STUDY FOR COUNTER CURRENT LEACHING, RATE RECOVERY
OF SOLVENT VAPOURS.” has been carried out by TAILOR KASHYAP
(180423105011), THESIYA RAVI (180423105012) & MORADIYA AKASH
(15042015032) in fulfilment of the degree of Bachelor in CHEMICAL
ENGINEERING (5th Semester) of Gujarat Technological University, during
the academic year 2019.

____________________________ ____________________________
Prof.(Dr.) Vaishali Umrigar Prof. Shireen Singh
Assistant prof. Assistant prof.
ABSTRACT
 INTRODUCTION
COUNTER CURRENT LEACHING

 A general flowsheet for either leaching or washing is shown in Fig.

 Operation must necessarily be continuous for steady-state conditions to Prevail,
although leaching according to the Shanks system will approach the steady state after a
large number of cycles have been worked through.
 In the flowsheet shown, it is assumed that solid B is insoluble and is not lost in the
clear solution.

A Solvent balance gives,

F + RNP+1 = R1 + ENP = M
And a solution ( A + C ) balance is..
FyF + RNP+1 * XNP+1 = R1*X1 + ENP* YNP = MyM
M represents the hypothetical B-free mixture obtained by mixing solids to be leached
and leaching solvent. The operating diagram for the plant. The coordinates of point M
are
B
NM =
F + RNP+1

FyF + RNP+1 * xNP+1

yM =
F + RNP+1
The points E, and R. representing the effluents from the cascade, must lic on a line
passing through M. and E will be on the practical equilibrium curve,
 F – R1 = ENP – RNP+1 = ΔR.
Similarly the solution balance for any number of stages represented by
F – R1 = E3 – R4 = ΔR
∆R represents the constant difference in flow E - R (usually a negative quan
tity) between cach stage.