Determination and correlation of axial-mixing parameters in an agitated liquid-liquid extraction column

Dispersion coefficients were measured in a pilot-plant sized agitated liquid-liquid extraction column of the Kuhni type. Available techniques were considered, and the axial mixing in both phases obtained over a broad range of operating conditions, both with and without mass transfer and with two sets of stator plates. Earlier correlations for backmixing in the continuous phase were checked and improved, the final equation being successfully tested on available published data.