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This document contains 4 questions regarding gas absorption processes using various solvents. Question 1 involves calculating equilibrium data and the minimum liquid rate for ammonia absorption into water. Question 2 involves determining the operating line equation, number of transfer units, and maximum gas/liquid ratio for formaldehyde absorption. Question 3 involves calculating the liquid flow rate and height of a transfer unit for a solute being absorbed into water. Question 4 involves determining minimum liquid/gas ratio, mass of absorbent required, theoretical and actual number of trays for carbon disulfide absorption into oil.

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This document contains 4 questions regarding gas absorption processes using various solvents. Question 1 involves calculating equilibrium data and the minimum liquid rate for ammonia absorption into water. Question 2 involves determining the operating line equation, number of transfer units, and maximum gas/liquid ratio for formaldehyde absorption. Question 3 involves calculating the liquid flow rate and height of a transfer unit for a solute being absorbed into water. Question 4 involves determining minimum liquid/gas ratio, mass of absorbent required, theoretical and actual number of trays for carbon disulfide absorption into oil.

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Q1. A packed tower is designed to absorb 98% of the ammonia(A) from an air—ammonia
mixture containing 4% ammonia at a rate of 4200 Nm3 (normal cubic metre) per hour using
water as the solvent. The tower operates at 105.1 kPa and 303 K. The equilibrium data for
NH3—water system at 303 K is given below:

Partial pressure of NH3 (mm Hg) 19.3 29.6 40.1 51.0 79.5 110
kg NH3 per 100 kg water 2 3 4 5 7.5 10
(a) Calculate and plot the equilibrium data as xA vs pA, xA vs yA and XA vs YA. Up to what value
of pNH3 can Henry's law be used to describe the equilibrium?

(b) Calculate the minimum liquid rate for the absorption (the inlet water is NH3-free).

Q2. Formaldehyde present in an effluent air stream is to be absorbed into an effectively non-
volatile solvent at 1 atm total pressure and 30°C. The inlet and outlet concentrations of the
organic in the air stream are 4.25% and 0.08 mole%, respectively. The solvent entering the
column has only traces of formaldehyde. The ratio of molar rates of liquid and gas inputs is
2.9, and the equilibrium relation is y = 2.5x.

Determine:

(a) the equation of the operating line,

(b) the number of overall gas-phase transfer units, and

(c) the maximum admissible ratio of the gas and liquid rates for this separation.
Q3. A solute is removed from a gas stream using an existing absorption tower filled to 8.6m
by IMTP. The tower diameter is considered suitable for the required service, but the water rate
must be calculated. The feed gas has 3.5 mole% of the solute, and the exit gas may have 0.05
mole% of it. The solubility of the solute is given by Henry's law: y = 2.53x.

Following data are available: superficial gas velocity at the top of the column = 0.8 m/s; total
pressure = 1 atm; temperature = 26°C; overall gas-phase mass transfer coefficient, KGā = 7050
kg/(h)(m3) (Δp, bar); molecular weight of the solute = 30.

Determine the liquid flow rate and HETP of the packing.

Q4. Carbon disulfide, CS2, used as a solvent in a chemical plant, is evaporated from the product
in a drier into an inert gas (essentially N2) to avoid an explosion hazard. The vapour—N2
mixture is to be scrubbed with an absorbent hydrocarbon oil, which will be subsequently steam-
stripped to recover the CS2. The CS—N2 mixture has a partial pressure of CS2 equal to 50
mmHg at 24°C (75°F) and is to be blown into the absorber at essentially standard atmospheric
pressure at the expected rate of 0.40 m3/s (50 000 ft3/b). The vapour content of the gas is to be
reduced to 0.5%. The absorption oil has av mol wt 180, viscosity 2 cP, and sp gr 0.81 at 24°C.
The oil enters the absorber essentially stripped of all CS2, and solutions of oil and CS2, while
not ideal, follow Raoult's law. The vapor pressure of CS2 at 24°C = 346 mmHg. Assume
isothermal operation.

(a) Determine the minimum liquid/gas ratio.

(b) For a liquid/gas ratio of 1.5 times the minimum, determine the kilograms of oil to enter the
absorber per hour.

(c) Determine the number of theoretical trays required, both graphically and analytically.

(d) For a conventional sieve-tray tower, estimate the overall tray efficiency to be expected and
the number of real trays required.

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