Diseño y construcción de un Extractor líquido-líquido para un Sistema Ternario.

Abstract

The design and construction of liquid-liquid extractor for a ternary system was made with the aim of separating binary mixtures using as extraction agent a solvent, thus a Scheibel column was built which will serve in a lesser degree in the professional and the research area and in a higher degree in the field of education and training in the Process Laboratory of the Faculty of Science at Escuela Superior de Chimborazo. Laboratory testing was performed for the design taking into account a fixed feed concentration and varying the ratio of the feed mixture with solvent, these were 1:1, 1:2, 1:3. That is why, the team has a metal structure for supporting of an extraction column with a diameter of 7.5 cm and a height of 162 cm, with an available capacity of 6 L, and in the top 2 tank storage for the feed inlet and solvent needed to extract from 40% to 17% of acetone contained in the water at the end of the extraction adding Methylisobutyketona as solvent. It is concluded that the design and construction of a liquid-liquid extractor showed a yield of 84.62% and an extraction efficiency of 67.21%, with positive results because the extraction took place in a single stage, with a ratio of 1:1 it is recommend to use liquid-liquid extract in the laboratory for further practice using different ternary systems complementing the theoretical to the practical considering that the compounds to be used are easily available and checking technical data sheets of them.