Stripping dispersion hollow fiber liquid membrane containing PC-88A as carrier and HCl for transport behavior of trivalent dysprosium

The transport of Dy3+ through stripping dispersion hollow fiber liquid membrane system (SDHFLM) containing dispersion phase with HCl solution as stripping solution and 2-ethyl hexyl phosphoric acid-mono-2-ethyl hexyl ester (PC-88A) dissolved in kerosene as membrane solution, has been studied. Many factors of the interface chemical reaction and composition of the liquid membrane including pH value, initial concentration of Dy3+, different ionic strength of feed phase, volume ratio of membrane solution to stripping solution (O/W), HCl concentration, carrier concentration, different stripping agents of dispersion phase, hydrodynamic characteristic (flow rates, stability) and hollow fiber structure parameters (inner diameter of fibers, membrane thickness, porosity, etc.) on Dy3+ transport with SDHFLM were investigated. The advantages of SDHFLM compared to the traditional HFLM was investigated too. Experimental results indicated that the optimum transport conditions of Dy3+ were that HCl concentration was 4.00 mol/L, PC-88A concentration was 0.150 mol/L, O/W was 0.5 in the dispersion phase, and pH value was 5.00 in the feed phase. Ionic strength had no obvious effect on transport of Dy3+. When initial Dy3+ concentration was 1.50 × 10−4 mol/L, the transport efficiency of Dy3+ was up to 95.4% in 170 min. The kinetic equation was developed in terms of the law of mass diffusion and the theory of interface chemistry. The results were in good agreement with the literature data.