12.10. COUNTERCURRENT MULTISTAGE LEACHING
12.10A. Introduction and Operating Line for Countercurrent Leaching
A process flow diagram for countercurrent multistage leaching is shown in Fig. 12.10-1 and is similar to Fig. 12.7-1 for liquid–liquid extraction. The ideal stages are numbered in the direction of the solids or underflow stream. The solvent (C)–solute (A) phase or V phase is the liquid phase that overflows continuously from stage to stage countercurrent to the solid phase, dissolving solute as it moves along. The slurry phase L composed of inert solids (B) and a liquid phase of A and C is the continuous underflow from each stage. Note that the composition of the V phase is denoted by x and the composition of the L phase by y, which is ...
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