STRIPPING TOWER

Davila | Lovino | Rico

Tower Model/Types
Air Strippers > remove VOCs dissolved in contaminated water stream
CO2 Strippers > air is contacted with water and dissolved gases

Heuristics
Walas (Process Equipment: Selection and Design, Ch. 13-6, page 393) gives the general design considerations for columns. Perry (Perrys Chemical Engineering Handbook, Ch. 13-11, Table 13-1, page 1253) gives the thermodynamic data for binary systems.

General Design Considerations

Diameters of 0.5 to 3 m, and heights of 1 to 15 m Air-to-water ration ranges from 5 to 100 and is controlled by flooding and -P Pressure drop in the tower should be between 200 to 400 N/m2 per meter of tower height to avoid flooding Distribution plates must be placed approx. every 5 to 10 m in tower above each packing

General Design Considerations

Preference (Packed vs. Plate Column) if the given parameter is large:
Parameter Pressure Drop Packed Column / Plate Column x

Flooding
Channeling High foaming liquid Liquid hold-up

x
x / x

/
/ x /

Corrosive atmosphere
Sediment deposition

/
x x

x
/ /

Temperature change problem Total Weight

Small column Large column

x
/ x

/
x /

Manufacturers (International)

Indusco Environmental Services, Inc. (http://www.induscoenviro.com/strippers.htm) DELTA Cooling Towers (http://deltacooling.com) Branch Environmental Corp. (http://www.branchenv.com/) *costs were not available

References

Srinivasan, Chowdhury, Viraraghavan. Air Stripping. <http://desware.net/sample-chapters/D13/E6-14403.pdf> Carbon Dioxide Stripping. <http://ag.arizona.edu/azaqua/ista/ISTA7/RecircWo rkshop/Workshop%20PP%20%20&%20Misc%20Paper s%20Adobe%202006/8%20Gas%20Transfer/Degassin g/CO2%20Control.pdf> Walas. Chemical Process Equipment: Selection and Design