Flow velocity profile of micro counter-current flows

Arata Aota, Akihide Hibara, Kyosuke Shinohara, Yasuhiko Sugii, Koji Okamoto, Takehiko Kitamori

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Abstract

Flow velocity profiles of micro counter-current flow of aqueous and butylacetate phases in a microchannel having a width of 100 μm were measured by micro particle image velocimetry. In order to analyze the hydrodynamic characteristics of the counter-current flow, we derived a simple analytical model for the velocity profile. When flow rates of the aqueous and organic phases were 0.2 and 0.1 μl/min, the model agreed well with the experimental results. Predictions about the velocity profile will contribute to estimation of the extraction efficiency in the co-current and counter-current extraction process. 2007

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)131-133
Number of pages3
Journalanalytical sciences
Volume23
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007 Feb
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry

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