Henry's Law Constants for Gas Absorption
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8 Determine the value of the Henry's law constant, in mmHg / (g mol / liter) of chlorine
for the chlorine-water system. The Chemical Engineering Handbook records the following
equilibrium data at 293 K:
Partial pressure of
5 10 30 50 100 150
Cl2, in mm Hg
Solubility in g
0.438 0.575 0.937 1.210 1.773 2.27
of Cl2/ liter
Concentration, in 0.00618 0.00811 0.01321 0.01706 0.02500 0.03201
mol / liter
Pa vs CA
160
140 y = 5646.4x - 38.099
R² = 0.9847
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
0.000 0.005 0.010 0.015 0.020 0.025 0.030 0.035
CA
An adsorption tower operating at 20°C and 1 atm was used to absorb SO2 in water.
present in a mixture with air. At a point in the equipment, the pressure of SO2 in the stream
the gas was 30 mm Hg and the concentration of the liquid flow with which it comes into contact
It was 0.0344 mol SO2/foot3
of solution. The individual mass transfer coefficients
In the movie at 20°C and 1 atm, KL=1.3 lb mol/hr (ft) (lb 2mol/ft of solution)
3
and kG=0.295
lb mol/hr psi atm. The equilibrium data at 20°C are as follows:
2
Partial pressure of SO2, in
0.5 3.2 8.5 26 59
mm Hg
Concentration in lb mol
0.0191 0.0911 0.1738 0.388 0.681
SO2/solution
3
foot
a) Evaluate the interfacial concentrations, cA,iy Pa,i
b) Note the missing values in the following table, corresponding to the various
coefficients and the driving forces associated with them
Coefficients Driving force
kG = pA,G–pA,i =
kL = cA,i–cA,L
=
KG = pA,G–pA*=
KL = cA*- cA,L =
c) What percentage of the total resistance to mass transfer
Does it correspond to the soda movie?
In a wet wall tower, ammonia, NH3, was extracted from an ammonia solution.
water absorbing it in an air current; the total liquid coefficient, KL, was 0.05 lb mol
In a plane2 in the tower,3 the apparent concentration of the stream
descendente de líquido fue de 0.25 lb mol NH3/pie3 de solución y la presión parcial del
ammonia in the gas stream was 0.03 atm. For diluted solutions of ammonia in water
at the operating temperature, the partial pressure at equilibrium can be evaluated by means of
from the expression
pA,i= 0.125 cA,i
DondepA is the partial pressure in atmospheres and cA is the equilibrium concentration of
ammonia in water in lb mol of ammonia per cubic foot of solution. If the gas phase
offered 75% of the total resistance to mass transfer, calculate
a) The individual coefficient of the gas film,; kG
b) The total gas transfer coefficient, KG ;
c) The interfacial concentrations, pA, iycA, i.
29.21 A packed absorption tower was used to absorb compound A from a mixture.
from gases to solvent B. At a point in the tower, the partial pressure of A in the gas stream
it was 0.15 atm and the concentration of A in the liquid stream it contacts was
6.24 x 10-5 lb mol / pie.3 The mass transfer between the gas stream and the stream of
The liquid at that point in the tower was 0.0295 lb mol / (hr) (ft).
2
The coefficient was found to be
The transfer individual in the gas film, kG, was 0.295 lb mol/ (hr) (ft) (atm). A 2
laboratory experiment verified that the system satisfies Henry's law and that the
composition of the liquid, 6.24 x 10 -5
lb mol / foot,
3
was in equilibrium with a partial pressure
0.03 atm.
a) complete the missing values in the following table:
Coefficients Driving force
kG = pA,G–pA,i =
kL = cA,i–cA,L
=
KG = pA,G–pA*=
KL = cA*- cA,L =
b) What percentage of the total resistance to mass transfer was found in the film
of gas?
31.9 The benzene free of coal gas in a washer is recovered by passing a solution of
benzene and oil for washing through a tower in contact with steam. The liquid flow
which contains 8% mol of benzene. It is desired to recover 80% of the benzene using
a steam ratio that is 1.4 times the minimum proportion. An expenditure on the oil will be used
of washing (solvent liquid free of benzene) of 6.94 mol/s. determine the required moles
of steam per second yes
a) a countercurrent tower is used
b) a tower with parallel currents is used
The equilibrium data for the benzene-washing oil system are as follows:
0.00 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.10 0.12 0.14
0.00 0.07 0.14 0.22 0.31 ["0.405","0.515","0.65"]
A mass transfer tower will be designed to reduce the concentration of
organic matter from 0.0394 to 0.0131 mg mol/liter. Five thousand gallons will be fed per hour.
wastewater to the tower with a diameter of 2 feet, countercurrent to a flow of
air for washing that will enter the tower completely free of organic matter. If a
relación 1.4 entre el valor del gasto caudal volumétrico, QL, en litros / hr y el gasto o caudal de
gas, G in mg mol/hr, the total capacity coefficient, KLa, is equal to 36 lb mol/(hr) (foot)3 (lb
mol/pie3). The equilibrium data are
CA X 10 3moles of substance
organic / liter 0.014 0.0240 0.0349 0.0495
yA mole fraction of
organic matter 0.018 0.030 0.042 0.053
Determine
a) The minimum flow of gas, G that could be used;
b) The height of the tower.
In an absorber, air containing 4.5% NH3 is passed countercurrent to water, the
The gas velocity at the inlet is 135 mol/s m, which 2
provides a ratio (LS/GS ) Real =
1.4 (LS/GS) Minimumif the operating conditions of the system follow Henry's law and x/y = 1.075 and if
the gas at the outlet contains 0.4% of NH3.
Determine:
a) The kg/s m2 of NH3 that is absorbed
b) The height of the absorber if KYa = 7.9 x 10-4 mol/s m3 Pa