1.

In a petrochemical plant, a gas containing 4 % cyclohexane and 96% inerts has to be

treated with non volatile absorption oil in a packed tower. It is required to remove 98% of

the cyclohexane of the feed gas. The feed solvent is free from cyclohexane. If the feed

gas rate is 80kmol/hr, calculate the minimum solvent rate. The equilibrium relation is

0. 2 X
given as Y 
1  0. 8 X

2. An air-NH3 mixture containing 20 %( mole) NH3 is being treated with water in a packed

tower to recover NH3. Incoming gas rate=1000kg/h.m2. Water used is 1.5 times the

minimum. The temperature is 35˚C and the pressure is 1 atm. The Equilibrium relation is

y*=0.746x, where x and y are mole fractions. Find the NTU for removing 95%NH3 in the

feed.

3. NH3 is absorbed from a gas by using water in a scrubber under atmospheric pressure. The
initial NH3 content in the gas is 0.04( kmol/kmol of inert gas). The recovery of NH3 by
absorption is 90%.The water enters the tower free from NH3. Estimate (i) the
concentration of NH3 in the exit liquid if the actual water used is 1.5 times of the
minimum. (ii) the number of theoretical stages required.
X 0.005 0.01 0.0125 0.015 0.02 0.023
Y 0.0045 0.0102 0.0138 0.0183 0.0273 0.0327

Where X and Y are in mole ratios

. 4. CS2-N2 mixture containing 7% CS2 is to be absorbed by using absorption oil. The gas
mixture enters at 24˚C and 1 atm at a rate of 0.4m3/s. The vapor content is to be brought down to
0.5%. The oil enters free from CS2. Raoults law is valid. Determine:

(i) Minimum liquid/gas ratio

(ii) For a liquid/gas ratio of 1.5 times the minimum, determine the kgs of oil entering the
tower and the number of theoretical stages required.
Vapor pressure of CS2 =346mm Hg, Molecular weight of oil= 180