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Title:	Separations via semicontinuous parametric pumping
Author:	Reiss, Edward H.
View Online:	njit-etd1972-024 (vi, 81 pages ~ 2.0 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Chemical Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Chen, Hung T. (Committee chair) Bart, Ernest N. (Committee member) McCormick, John E. (Committee member)
Date:	1972-06
Keywords:	Separation (Technology)
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	A semicontinuous parametric pump with batch operation during one half-cycle and continuous operation in the other half-cycle was experimentally investigated in the model system, toluene-n-heptane on silica gel adsorbent. Comparison was made with analytical results obtained by the equilibrium theory. It was shown that when the penetration distance for the cold cycle was less than or equal to that of the hot cycle and the height of the column, the rate of production of pure solvent in the semicontinuous pump may become quite large relative to that in the continuous pump.