Research Article

Experimental Measurements of Drop Size Distributions in 30 mm Diameter Annular Centrifugal Contactor with 30% TBP-Nitric Acid Biphasic System

Table 1

Dimensions of the annular centrifugal extractor used in the study.

Separation zone height74.5 mm
Organic weir diameter15.0 mm
Aqueous weir diameter17.4 mm
Annular gap4.5 mm
Stationary radial bottom vane height4.0 mm
Rotor bowl entry hole dia8.0 mm