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Week 8 Question 1: Absorption in A Packed Bed: CHE3165 Tutorial Problems Semester One

This document contains two chemistry problems related to absorption in a packed bed tower. Problem 1 asks the student to calculate the tower height for absorbing SO2 from air into water using given mass transfer coefficients and inlet/outlet concentrations. Problem 2 asks the student to calculate the tower height for absorbing acetone from air into water using three different methods: (a) given ky'a, (b) given kx'a, and (c) calculating ky'a from equilibrium data and using that value. The student is provided mass transfer coefficients, flow rates, concentrations, and equilibrium data to solve the problems.

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Week 8 Question 1: Absorption in A Packed Bed: CHE3165 Tutorial Problems Semester One

This document contains two chemistry problems related to absorption in a packed bed tower. Problem 1 asks the student to calculate the tower height for absorbing SO2 from air into water using given mass transfer coefficients and inlet/outlet concentrations. Problem 2 asks the student to calculate the tower height for absorbing acetone from air into water using three different methods: (a) given ky'a, (b) given kx'a, and (c) calculating ky'a from equilibrium data and using that value. The student is provided mass transfer coefficients, flow rates, concentrations, and equilibrium data to solve the problems.

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CHE3165 Tutorial Problems Semester one

Week 8

Question 1

Question 1: Absorption in a packed bed


A tower packed with 25.4-mm ceramic rings is to be designed to absorb SO2 from air by using
pure water at 293 K and 1.013 × 105 Pa absolute pressure. The entering gas contains 20 mol%
SO2 and the exiting gas contains 2.0 mol% SO2.

The inert air flow is 6.53 × 10-4 kmol air/s and the inert water flow is 4.20 × 10-2 kmol water/s. The
tower cross-sectional area is 0.0929 m2. For dilute SO2, the film mass transfer coefficients at 293
K are, for 25.4-mm rings:
𝑘𝑦′ 𝑎 = 0.0594𝑉 0.7 𝐿0.25
𝑘𝑥′ 𝑎 = 0.152𝐿0.82

where 𝑘𝑦′ 𝑎 is kmol/s.m3.mol frac, 𝑘𝑥′ 𝑎 is kmol/s.m3.mol frac, and V and L are kg total liquid or gas,
respectively, per second per m2 tower cross section.

Calculate the tower height using HG and NG.


Hint: Calculate HG at the top of the tower and at the bottom of the tower using Eq 10.6-39
(Geankoplis). Then use a linear average of the two values. Calculate the number of transfer units
NG by numerical or graphical integration of Eq 10.6-35. Then calculate the tower height.

Question 2: Packed Height from Mass-Transfer Theory

Acetone is being absorbed by water in a packed tower having cross sectional area of 0.186 m2 at
293 K and 101.32 kPa (1 atm). The inlet air contains 2.6 mol% acetone and outlet 0.5%. The gas
fow is 13.65 kg mol inert air/h. The pure water inlet flow is 45.36 kg mol water/h. Film coefficients
for the given flows in the tower are 𝑘𝑦′ 𝑎 = 3.78 × 10−2 kg mol/s.m3.mol frac and 𝑘𝑥′ 𝑎 = 6.16 × 10−2
kg mol/s.m3.mol frac. Equilibrium data are Geankoplis A.3 (also given below).

(a) Calculate the tower height using 𝑘𝑦′ 𝑎.


(b) Repeat the above calculation using 𝑘𝑥′ 𝑎.
(c) Calculate 𝐾𝑦′ 𝑎 and the tower height.

Equilibrium data for Acetone-Water system at 20°C (293 K)

Mole fraction acetone in Partial Pressure of


liquid, 𝒙𝑨 acetone in Vapour, 𝑷𝑨 ,
mm Hg
0 0
0.0333 30.0
0.0720 62.8
0.117 85.4
0.171 103

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