CHAPTER 3

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

A. Air Pressure at Dry Column

Table 3.1 Air flowrate vs pressure differential at dry column

Air

Flowrate 30 50 70 90 100 130 150 170

Pressure

Differential, 7 9 10 14 17 23 27 31

mm H2O

B. Air pressure at Wet Column

Table 3.2 Water and Air Flowrate vs pressure differential at wet column

Water Flowrate, L/min

30 50 70 90 100

Air Flowrate, L/min

1 7 8 14 22 31

2 8 9 20 28 30

3 11 13 14 22 24
Figure 3.1 Dry column and at constant liquid flowrate

Dry column and at no liquid flowrate

2.5
Log pressure difference mm H2O

1.5

0.5

0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6
Log Air flowrate

Figure 3.2 Wet column and at variable liquid flowrate

Wet column
1.6

1.4

1.2
Log pressure difference

0.8 1 L/min
2 L/min
0.6
3 L/min
0.4

0.2

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
Log Air flowrate
 From table 3.1 one can see that the relationship of the pressure difference vs air flowrate

is directly proportional such that if one increases the air flowrate the pressure difference also

increases.

For Table 3.2 at 1 L/min liquid flowrate it could be seen that between air flowrate 50

and 70 there is a sharp increase of pressure difference. For the liquid flowrate of 3 L/min the

graph shows no change in pressure difference for the air flowrate 30, 50, 70 L/min and after

that the sharp increase of pressure difference is seen between 70 L/min and 90 L/min. At

constant air flowrate the pressure difference is higher at higher liquid flowrate. Discrepancies

can be seen for the 3 L/min liquid flowrate it is already the same as the 1 L/min liquid flowrate

at higher air flowrate. At higher air flowrate the data for 3 L/min isn’t consistent with the theory

for packed columns which is at constant gas velocity, the gas pressure drop is higher at larger

liquid flowrates and could be seen as a machine error or a human error.

 CHAPTER 4

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS