A new model for prediction of drop size distribution in a liquid–liquid extraction column

Mehdi Asadollahzadeh, Meisam Torab-Mostaedi, Rezvan Torkaman and Jaber Safdari

RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 82496
DOI: 10.1039/C6RA14954E

Experimental investigation on regime transition and characteristic velocity in a horizontal–vertical pulsed sieve-plate column

Sahar Akhgar, Jaber Safdari, Jafar Towfighi, Pouria Amani and Mohammad H. Mallah

RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 2288
DOI: 10.1039/C6RA26396H

Hydrodynamic performance of a pulsed extraction column containing ZnO nanoparticles: Drop size and size distribution

Pouria Amani, Mohammad Amani, R. Saidur and Wei-Mon Yan

Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2017, 121, 275
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2017.03.017

Evaluation of mean diameter and drop size distribution of an emulsion liquid membrane system in a horizontal mixer-settler

Masoud Yaghoobi, Parisa Zaheri, Seyed Hamed Mousavi, Babak Arabi Ardehali and Taher Yousefi

Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2021, 167, 231
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2020.12.016

Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer Characteristics of Asymmetric Rotary Agitated Columns

Nilesh V. Hendre, Vaishali Venkatasubramani, Raosaheb A. Farakte and Ashwin W. Patwardhan

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2018, 57, 1630
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b04239

Exact hydrodynamic description of pilot plant Oldshue-Rushton contactor: a case study with the introduction of selenium and tellurium into reaction system

Benyamin Shakib, Rezvan Torkaman, Meisam Torab-Mostaedi and Mehdi Asadollahzadeh

International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2022, 102, 4191
DOI: 10.1080/03067319.2020.1781103

Estimation of droplet size distribution by using maximum entropy programming and population balance equations in pulsed disc-doughnut column

Mehdi Asadollahzadeh, Rezvan Torkaman and Meisam Torab-Mostaedi

Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2022, 179, 237
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2022.01.009

On the solution of the population balance equation: From global to local constrained maximum entropy method

Menwer Attarakih, Hans-Jörg Bart and Mazen Abu-Khader

Chemical Engineering Science, 2019, 209, 115168
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2019.115168

Conducting experiments and creating mathematical models to study how droplets behave in a new agitated extraction column packed with ceramic material placed randomly

Khayyam Mehrabi, Hossein Bahmanyar, Mehdi Asadollahzadeh, Rezvan Torkaman and Meisam Torab-Mostaedi

Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2026, 192, 106116
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2025.106116

Experimental and modeling investigation of cobalt ion extraction in multistage extractor: Efficient evaluation of mass transfer coefficients using forward mixing approach

Mehdi Asadollahzadeh, Rezvan Torkaman, Meisam Torab-Mostaedi and Mojtaba Saremi

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2021, 125, 105359
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2021.105359

Assessment of mass transfer coefficients in extraction stages of La(III) and Ce(III) ions by using rotating Scheibel column with regular packing structure

Mehdi Asadollahzadeh, Rezvan Torkaman, Meisam Torab-Mostaedi and Mojtaba Saremi

Separation and Purification Technology, 2021, 274, 119118
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119118

Mass transfer studies in an L-shaped pulsed sieve-plate extraction column

Vahid Rafiei, Jaber Safdari, Sadegh Moradi and Mohammad H. Mallah

Separation Science and Technology, 2018, 53, 2756
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2018.1472613

Hydrodynamic study of an emulsion liquid membrane containing carbon nanotube in a mixer–settler: Mean size and size distribution of emulsion globules

Maliheh Raji, Hossein Abolghasemi, Jaber Safdari and Ali Kargari

Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2018, 139, 77
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2018.09.014

Coupling minimum cross-entropy model with experimental data to determine the drop size distribution for lanthanum extraction in ARDC column

Mehdi Asadollahzadeh, Rezvan Torkaman and Meisam Torab-Mostaedi

Separation Science and Technology, 2021, 56, 1071
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2020.1754429

Feasibility of pilot-scale disc-donut column for continuous cadmium extraction with the perspective of droplet size distribution

Mehdi Asadollahzadeh, Rezvan Torkaman, Meisam Torab-Mostaedi and Ali Heydari

Geosystem Engineering, 2021, 24, 265
DOI: 10.1080/12269328.2021.2008274

Assessment of population balance approach and maximum entropy on drop size behavior of vanadium extraction from sulfate solution in continuous pilot plant column

Mehdi Asadollahzadeh, Rezvan Torkaman and Meisam Torab-Mostaedi

Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, 2021, 169, 108608
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2021.108608

Thorough assessment of a crucial element pertaining to the distribution and average dimensions of droplet sizes in a solvent extraction column

Mehdi Asadollahzadeh and Rezvan Torkaman

Separation Science and Technology, 2025, 60, 438
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2024.2445012

A study on mean drop size and drop size distribution in an eductor liquid–liquid extractor

Mostafa Hosseinzadeh, Mansour Shirvani and Ahad Ghaemi

Separation and Purification Technology, 2018, 201, 205
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2018.03.020

Using maximum entropy, Gamma, Inverse Gaussian and Weibull approach for prediction of drop size distribution in a liquid–liquid extraction column

Mehdi Asadollahzadeh, Rezvan Torkaman, Meisam Torab-Mostaedi and Jaber Safdari

Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2017, 117, 637
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2016.08.025

Effects of the presence and absence of nanoparticles in the hold-up and hydrodynamic velocities in the pulsed disc and doughnut column by using central composite design method

Rezvan Torkaman, Mohammad Reza Aboudzadeh Rovais, Mehran Heydari, Meisam Torab-Mostaedi and Mehdi Asadollahzadeh

Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2022, 147, 104217
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2022.104217

Droplet breakage and coalescence in liquid–liquid dispersions: Comparison of different kernels with EQMOM and QMOM

Dongyue Li, Zhengming Gao, Antonio Buffo, Wioletta Podgorska and Daniele L. Marchisio

AIChE Journal, 2017, 63, 2293
DOI: 10.1002/aic.15557

Scale-Up Study on the Performance of the Asymmetric Rotating Impeller Extraction Column

Nilesh V. Hendre, Shruti P. Hinge and Ashwin W. Patwardhan

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2021, 60, 5945
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c00353

Interpret probability density functions and maximum entropy model for zinc removal in PRDC column by analyzing droplet size distribution

Mehdi Asadollahzadeh and Rezvan Torkaman

Sci Rep, 2025, 15
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-83323-5