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Javad Saien

Academic rank: Professor
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Education: PhD.
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Faculty: Faculty of Chemistry and Petroleum Sciences
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Research

Title
Mass transfer intensification of nanofluid single drops with effect of temperature
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Liquid-liquid Extraction, Nanofluid, Single Drops, Temperature, Mass Transfer Enhancement
Year
2015
Journal KOREAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
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Researchers Javad Saien ،

Abstract

The hydrodynamics and mass transfer of organic nanofluid single drops in liquid-liquid extraction process were investigated within temperature range of 20 to 40 oC. Nanofluid drops of toluene+acetic acid, containing surface modified magnetite nanoparticles (NPs) with concentration within the range of (0.0005-0.005) wt%, were conducted in aqueous continuous phase. The rate of solute mass transfer was generally enhanced with NPs until about 0.002wt%, and small drops benefited more. The enhancement reached 184.1% with 0.002 wt% of NPs at 40 oC; however, adding more NPs led to the mass transfer to either remain constant or face a reduction, depending on the applied temperature. The mass transfer coefficient was nicely reproduced using a developed correlation for enhancement factor of molecular diffusivity as a function of Reynolds and Schmidt numbers.