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CO2 Absorption in Packed Tower Design

This problem involves calculating the depth of packing required in a tower for CO2 absorption into water. Given information includes the temperature and flow rates of the liquid and Henry's constant for CO2. 1-inch Raschig rings are selected as the packing material. The liquid phase mass transfer coefficient is calculated as 10,803.1 m/s. Using this, the mass balance equation is set up and solved to find the required depth of packing is 5.0292 meters.

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CO2 Absorption in Packed Tower Design

This problem involves calculating the depth of packing required in a tower for CO2 absorption into water. Given information includes the temperature and flow rates of the liquid and Henry's constant for CO2. 1-inch Raschig rings are selected as the packing material. The liquid phase mass transfer coefficient is calculated as 10,803.1 m/s. Using this, the mass balance equation is set up and solved to find the required depth of packing is 5.0292 meters.

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Problem 4

Given information:
Temperature of tower, T = 10
o
C
Henrys constant for dissolution of CO
2
gas in water = 25.4 atm/(kgmol/m
3
)
Diameter of tower, D = 0.25m
Outlet flow of liquid,
out
m = 540 kg/hr = 0.15kg/s
CO
2
of 95% of the saturation value, p
ao
= 2 atm at T = 20
o
C

Properties of water at 10
o
C:
=
O H
2
999.7kg/m
3

s kg/m 10 1.394
3
O H
2
=


i) Sketch









ii) Assumptions
1. Pure CO
2
is present at the inlet gas so absorption process is liquid-film controlling. The
flowrates of inlet and outlet gas are then negligible.
M
in,liquid
=M
out,liquid
Therefore, the mass flowrate of inlet liquid is equal to mass flowrate of outlet liquid,
which is 540kg/s.
2. The system is isothermal and temperature is maintained throughout the process, thus
constant physical properties at 10
o
C are applied throughout the process.
3. No reaction occurred in the process.
4. No mass lost to the surrounding.


H
2
O CO
2
Carbonated
H
2
O
Unused CO
2

iii) Selection of packing material
1- inch Raschig rings are selected as the packing material and are arranged in random
packing for the system. Random packings are easy to transport and store, and they are
generally more economical than structured packing.
Therefore, the values for 1-inch rings are (From Table 30.2):
100 = o
n = 0.22

iv) Liquid phase mass transfer coefficient, k
La

Sectional area of column, A =
2
2 2
0.0491m
4
(0.25)
4
D
= =
L = 0.15kg/s
1 3
La
5 . 0
9
3
22 . 0 1
3 - 9
La
0.5
AB
n 1
AB
La
10 8203 . 1 k
) 10 46 . 1 )( 7 . 999 (
10 394 . 1
10 1.394
0.15
(100)
10 46 . 1
k
D

D
k

=
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=
s

v) Required depth of packing
m/s 10 3.0559
0.0491 999.7
0.15
A
m
v liquid, of Velocity
3
=

= =


3 *
A AL
3 AO *
mol/m 0.07125kg. ) 0.95(0.075 0.95c c
[Link]/m 075 . 0
4 . 25
2
H
p
= = =
= = =
A
c

Mass balance:
5.0292m
10 1.8203
10 3.0559
0.07125 0.075
0.075
ln L
c c
c
ln L
V
k
c c
dC
dz
v
k
dz
dC
v ) c (c k
3
3
AL
*
A
*
A La
L
0
c
0
A
*
A
A La
A
A
*
A La
AL
=

=
=

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