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Liquid-Liquid Extraction

Liquid - Liquid Extraction (LLX) Process Equipment :

LLX units with flexibility spanning use from university engineering and chemistry class and research laboratories, to use as a continuous production pilot plant. As supplied, features readily adjusted flow patterns of counter-current, co-current, cross-current, and internal recycle. Standard size LLX unit consists of a total of 10 mixer-settler (M-S) boxes. 

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Pilot or Small Plant :

Unit offers a bench or pilot scale capability in LLX for your value recovery business or R&D lab. The unit is custom made in Alabama by skilled technicians and can be custom-designed to meet your needs. Designs are readily changed or refurbished as desired using available parts.

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Applications:

LLX process recovers values or wastes from a feed liquid stream that contains the components to be recovered, separated, and / or concentrated such as: Precious metal ions: Rare earth elements, platinum group metals, electronic and optics scrap metal such as gallium and aluminum. Recover/ recycle base metals: copper, nickel, zinc, cobalt, iron, and manganese Anions from aqueous streams using anion-exchange extracting phases: phosphate, sulfate, nitrate, chromate(VI), and arsenate(V).

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Unit Specs:

Main Housing

Dimensions: 44.75"x20.25"x36.5" (length determined by about of M-S boxes requested)

Power requirements: 115 volts ; 12 amps

Maximum RPM: 5000 

Material: PVC

Mixer-Settler Box 

Dimensions: 13"x 4"x5" 

Mixer volume: 250mL 

Settler volume: 690 mL

Pump System

Model: DDA 30-4

Flow: 30 L/Hr max, 30 mL/Hr min.

Material: PVDF, Ceramic (valve ball), PTFE

Power requirements: 24 watt (100-240 volts)

Max PSI: 58

pH Control System

Model: Bluelab pH control connect

Capabilities: pH control 200 US gallons, alkali or acid

Pump Flow: 10mL/min

Power Requirements: 100-240 volts, 0.3amps

Auto resume after power loss, Alarms

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