Separation Science and Technology, Vol.48, No.3, 487-492, 2013
Extraction of Gibberellic Acid from Aqueous Solution by Trioctyl Amine (TOA)
Gibberellic acid (GA) extraction from fermentation broth by trioctyl amine (TOA), which is a long chain aliphatic amine was studied. Initial concentration of GA was 0.65 g . L-1. This was performed using the fungi Gibberella fujikuroi in fermentation. Alcohols (isoamyl alcohol, n-octanol, n-decanol) have been used to dissolve TOA for preparing organic phases. All experiments were studied as batch extraction. Distribution coefficients (KD), loading factors (Z), and extraction efficiency (E) were calculated. The highest extraction efficiency, distribution coefficient, and loading factor were achived with isoamyl alcohol diluent as value of 80.6, 98.7, and 4.58, respectively. Furthermore, the linear solvation energy relationship (LSER) model including Hansen solubility parameters regressed to experimental results. The LSER model predicts a close resemblance of experimental data.