KANKESHWARI DEVI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,JAMNAGAR a Presentation on “Leaching” 5th sem sub:- MTO-I Prepared by 1. 130270105017 Pansheriya Rahul 2.130270105018 Patel Akshay D. 3.130270105019 Patel Akshay N.

OUTLINES Introduction to leaching. Leaching equipments. Principles of Continuous Countercurrent Leaching.

INTRODUCTION TO LEACHING Leaching / solid extraction – methods of removing one constituent from a solid by means of a liquid solvent. Examples: 1. Making coffee from ground coffee beans and tea from tea leaves. (The complex mixture of chemicals that give coffee and tea their odor, taste, and physiological effects are leached from the solid by hot water) 2. Extraction of oil from soybean flakes 3. Extraction of coconut milk from coconut The amount of soluble material removed is often greater than in ordinary filtration washing. The coarse, hard or granular feed solids may disintegrate in pulp or mush when their content of soluble material is removed.

Dispersed-solid Leaching LEACHING EQUIPMENTS Stationary Solid Beds Moving-bed Leaching Dispersed-solid Leaching DESIRED OUTPUT

Dispersed-solid Leaching LEACHING EQUIPMENTS Stationary Solid Beds Moving-bed Leaching Dispersed-solid Leaching DESIRED YIELD

Bollman Extractor MOVING-BED LEACHING Rotocel Extractor

BOLLMAN EXTRACTOR Contains a bucket elevator in a closed casing. The buckets are loaded with flaky solids such as soybeans. The solids are sprayed with appropriate amount of half miscella as they travel downward. Half miscella is the intermediate solvent containing some extracted oil and some small solid particles. As solids and solvent flow concurrently down the right-hand side of the machine, the solvent extracts more oil from the beans.

Fig. 23.1 (a) Bollman extractor

Bollman Extractor MOVING-BED LEACHING Rotocel Extractor

ROTOCEL EXTRACTOR A horizontal basket is divided into walled compartments with a floor that is permeable to the liquid. The basket rotates slowly about a vertical axis. Solid are admitted to each compartment at feed point. The compartments then pass a number of solvent sprays, a drainage section and a discharge point. To give countercurrent extraction, the fresh solvent is fed only to the last compartment before the discharge point.

PRINCIPLE OF CONTINUOUS COUNTERCURRENT LEACHING The most important method of leaching is the continuous countercurrent method suing stages. The solid is not moved physically from stage to stage. The liquids is being moved from stage to stage.

PRINCIPLES OF CONTINUOUS COUNTERCURRENT LEACHING Ideal Stages In Countercurrent Leaching Equilibrium Operating Line Constant And Variable Underflow Number of ideal stages for constant underflow Number of ideal stages for variable underflow

IDEAL STAGES IN COUNTERCURRENT LEACHING V phase = the liquid phase (from stage N to stage 1) L phase = the liquid carried with the solid (from stage 1 to stage N) Exhausted solids leave Stage N Concentrated solution overflow from Stage 1

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