mixtureof gas contain 8 1

11 Ion
Solvent acetone Clt COCH

1 81
relovery 85 1
from15.7 methanolingasstream F 7470 m
T 286k
Absorber
DP 0.00025 N mm
Gasmixture
84.3 H2O 7 CHE5tt
F 7563 m
286K P 1am Rsi ent

CalculateNumberofidealstage
Assumingideal
condition methanolrecovery 85
15.7
N methanolingasmixture
of
Number stages

stages
so theideal N ofstages are 12

Flow parameter
Ratio GL
representGas
toliquid
FlowParameter F parameter is 1.01
to sotheflow
so F n

TowerDiameter
TowerDiameterD
i dop
am
a
6.2m
so thetowerdiameter is
Massflowrateofliquid 25C
ofacetoneis 791 Im
totheabsorper
is therateofCH fed
colt
785 0 3
Density
rate
volumetricflow Q 286k
flowrate L
Liquid

7470m 785 k
5863950
106 k
So theliquidflowrate L is 5.86

HeightEquivalentTransferplate HETP

HETP canbecalculatedbyequation HETP ftpfd

1.5
Thetypical HETP is inrange of 0.5 12 m
4 of theabsorperis
by assumingthe Length
the HETP 1.08 m

of 0.5 1.5
which inthe range
1.08 m
So the HETP is

volume
Interfacial Area of packingperunit GasandLiquid
phases
transferbetween the
measuresurfacearea ofmass

Interfacial area
it Iffpanig
Thetypicalrangeof Interfacial area is 50 m 150 m

m
so by takingthe Average so theinterfacial Area is 100
 sketchof Packedbed withlabel

washedGas
relovery

Em's
iiiiiEIi
memann.am
i

g Dp 000025Nm

T.EE
sufficient
are acceptable and
commercially
idea stages
methanol
to achieve therecoveryof
feasible andin a favorablerange
flowparameter is 1.01 which is
The enough to handle
which is large
is 6.2 m
The Diameter of absorber
and liquid flow rate
the gas material
lowvalue which mean thepacking
As the HETP shows is efficient

5 86 106 which sufficent foreffective

themass flowrate is
absorptionandhighrecovery
technicaland commercialrange
acceptableandin
Theinterface Area is
and values the absorptionbackedbedcolumn
parameters
by these
is an effectivetechnology for separation of