pulsed column
Chemistry and Engineering
noun
A column used for solvent extraction in which the flow of solvent and feed liquid is disrupted by a mechanically or pneumatically induced pulsing action, which promotes mixing of the two phases.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Engineering.
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