Competitive facilitated transport through liquid membranes |
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Authors: | Karen Y Niiya Richard D Noble |
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Institution: | Center for Chemical Engineering, National Engineering Laboratory, National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, CO 80303 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A mathematical model is presented which solves the dimensionless, transient, non-linear partial differential equations governing the competitive facilitated transport of two gases through a liquid membrane. The model incorporates the mass transfer coefficients in the boundary conditions for the free gas concentrations. Several studies were carried out. A comparison of this model with a steady-state “equilibrium core” model was excellent. Through varying the dimensionless parameters, it was found that gas I would have a higher steady-state facilitation factor than gas 2 if k1 >k2 and k-1k-2. The boundary conditions and mass transfer coefficients were also varied to see their effects on the facilitation factors. The idea of pumping one of the gases against its concentration gradient was shown to be theoretically possible. |
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