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Client : Date : January 12, 2017

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Packed Column Calculation Results

Packing Details System Details

Type : Intalox Metal Packing Gas Rate : 0.3690 lb/s
Material : 410 S Gas Density : 0.02000 lb/ft3
Thickness : 0.012" 0.31mm Liquid Rate : 3.4000 lb/s
Size : #25 Liquid Density : 65.310 lb/ft3
Packing Factor : 41.0 Liquid Viscosity: 0.6930 cP
Dry Bed PF: 43.0 Bed Height : 20.000 ft
Mass : 16.0 lb/ft3 Column Diameter : 1.4920 ft
Surface Area : 74.7 ft2/ft3 Approach to Flood : 77.474 %
Voidage : 96.7 % Approach to Max Op Cap : 81.551 %
Quantity : 4474.6 per ft3 Pressure Drop : 0.5749 inchWG/ft
Min. Wetting Rate : 4.412e-5 ft2/s Correlation : Eckert (1975)

Detailed Calculation Results

Minimum Liquid Rate for Wetting : 0.38 lb/s
Actual Liquid Flow as % of Minimum : 903.1 %
Column Cross Sectional Area : 1.748 ft2
Gas Superficial Velocity : 10.55 ft/s
Liquid Superficial Velocity : 0.0298 ft/s
Flooding Pressure Drop : 1.548 inchWG/ft
Total Pressure Drop : 11.51 inchWG
Bed Volume : 34.96 ft3
Bed Mass - Dry : 559.5 lb
Bed Mass - Full of Liquid : 2767.8 lb
Bed Mass - Full of Water : 2670.8 lb
Total Bed Surface Area : 2612.1 ft2
Total Number of Packing Pieces : 156451 #

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