Rapid Reaction‐Diffusion Model for the Enantioseparation of Phenylalanine across Hollow Fiber Supported Liquid Membrane

This paper deals with the rapid reaction‐diffusion model of the transport and enantioseparation factor of (d/l)‐phenylalanine across hollow fiber supported liquid membranes. Mass transfer resistance of the boundary layer in the tube side and the boundary layer in the shell‐side, diffusion in the membrane phase, and interfacial chemical reactions at the liquid membrane interfaces are taken into account in the model equations. The experimental results show that the proposed model can simulate the concentration of the (d/l)‐phenylalanine and the separation factor of the enantioselective process satisfactorily. It is simply a mathematical model which can be easily used to predict the concentration of the enantiomers and the separation factor of the enantioseparation process.