Experimental data acquired from cylindrical and annular pulsed columns equipped with either conventional sieves or baffle plates are well reproduced by the DYNAC computer model during steady-state and transient operation, even under off-normal conditions. This confirms that the model is useful in the design of pulsed columns with various geometries as well as in the estimation of extractor performance. The inherent differences between pulsed columns and mixer-settlers are also discussed for the plutonium separation process. Intrastage liquid mixing causes marked hydrodynamic tailing of solutes because of the difference in the mixing mechanisms and the residence time distributions of the fluids.