The transport of cobalt(II) from acidic sulphate solutions through PEHFSD was investigated using the extractant DP-8R in Exxsol D100. The acidic feed solution containing Co(II) was passed through the tube side, and pseudo-emulsions of DP-8R/Exxsol D100 and sulphuric acid was passed through the shell side in counter-current mode, using a single microporous hydrophobic polypropylene hollow fiber contactor for extraction and stripping. In PEHFSD the aqueous strip (sulphuric acid) solution was dispersed in the organic membrane solution in a reservoir tank with an impeller stirrer to form a strip dispersion. This pseudo-emulsion phase is circulated from the tank to the membrane module to provide a constant supply of the carrier solution to the membrane micropores. Several hydrodynamic and chemical parameters, such as variation in feed pH (3-7), cobalt concentration in feed (0.17-1.7x10 -3 M), carrier concentration (0.16-1.28 M), etc., were investigated. Mass transfer modelling was performed and the validity of the model was evaluated with experimental data. Moreover, the system was 2 applied in the cobalt purification of synthetic lithium solutions derived from the processing of rechargeable batteries, with cobalt/lithium separation factor values around 25.