Cannabis sativa is a remarkable plant containing a wide variety of valuable secondary
metabolites, especially cannabinoids, which are valued for their clinical relevance. In this …

Liquid–liquid extraction (LLE) processes have been widely applied to extract active
pharmaceutical compounds (APCs) from plant materials at both the laboratory and industrial …

Cannabinoids attract worldwide attention due to their well-known medicinal and
psychoactive properties. Their efficient recovery from plant material is a significant challenge …

Previous work found that 0.2 M Cyanex® 923 in xylene has potential to extract natural
alkaloids such as morphine. In this work, pilot scale fluid dynamic tests using 0.2 M Cyanex® …

Mass transfer performance of a Karr reciprocating plate column was studied with water
(continuous)-phenol (solute)-VivaSol 2046+ 10v% tributyl phosphate (dispersed), for both …

Recently a number of industrial scale pulsed disc and doughnut (PDD) solvent extraction
columns have been operating with no pulsation. However most of the published research …

In liquid–liquid contact process, the motion of droplets relative to the surrounding fluid
always involves accelerating and decelerating, which affects the mass, heat, and momentum …

Solvent extraction plays a vital role in manufacturing high purity alkaloids from natural
poppies. Cyanex® 923, which has been widely used in hydrometallurgical processes, is …

In this work, a 30 mm diameter pulsed disc and doughnut solvent extraction column was
used for impurities removal from nickel cobalt complex hydroxide acid solution by solvent …

A detailed experimental study is performed to understand the effect of scaling up on the
hydrodynamic behavior of Pulsed Disc and Doughnut Columns (PDDCs) using three …