BIOGAS Purification :

Biogas perameter : NaOH solution perameter :

Gas rate : G= 2 Kmole/H Rate : L = 41.906333 Kmole/H

Pressure : P= 1.5 atm Diffusivity of NaOH in water :
ref : Biogas Generation,Purification and
DB = 2.128E-09 m2/sec
Bottling development in India - case Study ref - www.chegg.com

composition : composition :
component mole % Concentraion of NaOH :
CH4 65 C= 2 mole/L
CO2 30 0.0346487
mole of
H2 S 3 NaOH/mole of
Other(H2O,N2) 2 solution
ref : Biogas - wikipedia Average M.W = 18.762271 gm/mole
Density = 1083 Kg/m3
ref - www.chegg.com
CT = 57.72222 mole/L
Data :
1) CO2 absorption in NaOH solution :

DAl = 1.306E-09 m2/sec

ref - Journal of chemical & engineering data, vol.-59 (2014)
KAg = 1.9E-06 mole/Pa*m2*sec
KAl = 0.0001 m/sec ref - www.chegg.com
HA = 25000 Pa*m3/mole
k = 10 m3/mole*sec

Chemical reaction
CO2 + 2NaOH Na2CO3 + H2O
r = k C A CB

2) H2S absorption in NaOH solution :

DAl = 2.41E-09 m2/sec

ref - Journal of chemical & engineering data, vol.-29 (1984)
KAg = 5.6E-06 mole/m2*sec*Pa
KAl = 2.028E-05 m/sec

HA = 1220.966 Pa*m3/mole
ref - Solubility of gases in water by L.H.Gevantman
k = 2.9 m3/mole*sec
ref - Chemical kinetics of hydrogen sulfide Global NEST Journal vol-10 (2008)
 H2S + 2NaOH Na2S + 2H2O
r = k CA CB

For packed bed absorption column :

a = 100 m2/m3
fl = 0.08

1) For CO2 :

P(CO2) P(H2S) CB
MH Ei E rA (mole/ 1/rA
KPa Kpa mole/L m3*sec)

45.59625 4.559625 0.363636 21.79241 163.4339 21.79241 0.0379754 26.33285

41.03663 4.1036625 0.545455 26.69014 271.7231 26.69014 0.0414562 24.12187

36.477 3.6477 0.727273 30.81912 407.0847 30.81912 0.0422067 23.6929

31.91738 3.1917375 0.909091 34.45682 581.121 34.45682 0.0409974 24.39176

27.35775 2.735775 1.090909 37.74556 813.1694 37.74556 0.0382493 26.14424

22.79813 2.2798125 1.272727 40.76986 1138.037 40.76986 0.0342276 29.21622

18.2385 1.82385 1.454545 43.58482 1625.339 43.58482 0.0291145 34.34716

13.67888 1.3678875 1.636364 46.22868 2437.508 46.23 0.0230434 43.39629

9.11925 0.911925 1.818182 48.72931 4061.847 48.73 0.0161163 62.04915

4.559625 0.4559625 2 51.10773 8934.864 51.11 0.0084134 118.8586

140

120 1/rA vs PCO2

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 Area under the curve = 1550.069 Kpa*m3*sec/mole

Volume of tower Vr = 5.665922 m3

2) For H2S :

P(H2S) P(CO2) CB MH Ei E rA (mole/ 1/rA

Kpa KPa mole/L m3*sec)

4.559625 45.59625 0.363636 78.60917 430.8989 78.60917 0.048204 20.74516

4.103663 41.036625 0.545455 96.27618 717.4982 96.27618 0.050985 19.61363

3.6477 36.477 0.727273 111.1702 1075.747 111.1702 0.0506023 19.76193

3.191738 31.917375 0.909091 124.292 1536.353 124.292 0.0481019 20.78922

2.735775 27.35775 1.090909 136.1551 2150.495 136.1551 0.0440376 22.70788

2.279813 22.798125 1.272727 147.0643 3010.292 147.0643 0.0387482 25.80767

1.82385 18.2385 1.454545 157.2183 4299.989 157.2183 0.0324601 30.80707

1.367888 13.678875 1.636364 166.7552 6449.484 166.7552 0.0253344 39.47209

0.911925 9.11925 1.818182 175.7755 10748.47 175.7755 0.0174908 57.17292

0.455963 4.559625 2 184.3548 23645.44 184.3548 0.0090217 110.8442

120

100 1/rA vs PH2S

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 Area under the curve = 137.6674 Kpa*m3*sec/mole

Volume of tower Vr = 0.503212 m3

HTU & NTU calculation :

1) for CO2 :

GS = 0.3888889 mole/sec

Volume of one transfer unit = 0.013467

Number of transfer unit = 420.7329

LS = 11.237315 mole/sec

Volume of one transfer unit = 0.019468

Number of transfer unit = 291.0389

2) for H2S :

GS = 0.5388889 mole/sec

Volume of one transfer unit = 0.006331

Number of transfer unit = 79.47811

LS = 11.237315 mole/sec

Volume of one transfer unit = 0.095996

Number of transfer unit = 5.242028