Design of an Absorption Tower

Gs Molar flow rate of non solute gas

G1 Molar flow rate of gas mixture
y1 Molar fraction of SO3 in feed gas
Y1 Molar ratio of SO3 in feed gas
G2 Molar flow rate of outgoing gas mixture
y2 Molar fraction of SO3 in outgoing gas mixture
Y2 Molar ratio of SO3 in outgoing gas mixture
Ls Molar flow rate of solvent at top
L1 Molar flow rate of solvent leaving
PROCESS DESIGN
Determination of Ls minimum
Gs 865.900 Kmol/hr
G1 926.440 Kmol/hr
y1 0.065
Y1 0.070
G2 865.900
y2 1.00E-05
Y2 1.00E-05
Lsmin 741.796 Kmol/hr
Ls 1112.695 Kmol/hr
59.263 m3/hr
Determination of tower diameter
Lw(mass velocity of liquid) 30.2900188 Kg/m2.s
Gw(mass velocity of gas) 6.885540298 Kg/m2.s
G 1.033 Kg/m3
L 1840 Kg/m3
FLG 0.104232407
KF 0.15
K 0.06534
P 75 mm H2O/m of packing
L 4.5 cP
0.0045 Kg/m.s
Packing Berl Saddles with 50 mm nominal size
Fp 150 m-1
Gw 3.606677816 Kg/m2.s
Di 1.909108783 m
Di/packing size 38.18217567
Determination of Height of the Tower
Since SO3 is highly soluble in H2O absorption is gas film controlled
NOG(Number of overall gas
phase transfer units)
3.815577748
Determination of HOG by
cornell's method
G 2.34E-05 Pa.s
DG(Gas Phase diffusion
coefficient) 1.96E-05 m2/s
DL(Liquid Phase diffusion
coefficient) 2.27E-05 m2/s
ScG 1.15
f1 1.27
f2 0.47
f3 1.25
(Correlation Parameter)
72 m
(Correlation Parameter)
0.2 m
C(Correlation Factor for
high gas flow rates) 0.75
Assumed HOG 1.832 m
Z 6.99 m
HG 1.83 m
HL 0.02 m
HOG 1.83 m
Z 6.99 m
Z(final) 7.5 m
Number of sections 3
Height of each section 2.5 m
Design of Tower Internals
Liquid Distributor
Type Pipe type
nh(number of holes) 147.4786924
148
Velocity of liquid through
pipe 2 m/s
Flow rate of liquid 109044.0677 Kg/hr
Volumetric flow rate of
liquid 0.016461967 m3/s
d(diameter of pipe) 0.102397896 m
Velocity of liquid through
holes 3 m/s
dh(diameter of holes) 0.024135416 m