Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1979, 44, 2780-2789
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19792780

Mass transfer in the system with instantaneous chemical reaction and interfacial turbulence extraction of acetic acid from isobutanol into aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide

Milada Řeháková and Vladimír Rod

Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague 6-Suchdol

Abstract

Extraction of acetic acid from isobutanol into aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide in the system with flat interface was studied. The effect of interfacial turbulence, induced by chemical reaction on the mass transfer rate of reacting components across the interface was determined independently from measurements of mass transfer rate of non-reacting solvents. The concept of enhancement factor was used for description of the phenomenon. The effect of interfacial turbulence on mass transfer rate was expressed by the additive term to the rate of energy dissipation on the interface.