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How can I model a single stage contactor for liquid-liquid treating (or simulate a static mixer) since the distillation column has a minimum of 2 stages?

April 26, 2017contactor distillation liquid-liquid mixer model simulate Stage static treating

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How can I model a single stage contactor for liquid-liquid treating (or simulate a static mixer) since the distillation column has a minimum of 2 stages?

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There are two ways to model a single stage contactor: 1) three phase Separator, or 2) two ideal stage Column with the efficiency set to 1% for all components on one of the stages. The Column approach must be used if you want to model a single stage contactor with less than 100% efficiency.