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Problem Set and Activity

The document presents a series of activity problems related to absorption processes in chemical engineering, focusing on various scenarios such as gas scrubbing, solvent recovery, and concentration of solutes. Each problem provides specific data and conditions for calculating parameters like transfer units, circulation rates, and solvent flow rates. The problems involve applications of principles such as Henry's law and equilibrium relationships in absorption columns.

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Problem Set and Activity

The document presents a series of activity problems related to absorption processes in chemical engineering, focusing on various scenarios such as gas scrubbing, solvent recovery, and concentration of solutes. Each problem provides specific data and conditions for calculating parameters like transfer units, circulation rates, and solvent flow rates. The problems involve applications of principles such as Henry's law and equilibrium relationships in absorption columns.

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PROBLEM SET
ACTIVITY PROBLEMS

1) One Hundred kgmoles per hour of dry air mixture containing 50% SO3 is fed to the bottom of a
countercurrent absorption tower to concentrate 5MT/hr dilute acid solution (5% H2SO4) flowing down
from the top of the tower, the exit gas contains 5% of the original SO, at 101.325 kPa total pressure and
30 kPa water vapor pressure.

2) A countercurrent packed absorber is used to scrub acetone from an air stream containing 0.020 mole
fraction acetone so that the exit gas does not exceed 0.0002 mole fraction acetone. The following data
may be used: Gas rate is 700 ft3/hr per square foot cross section at standard conditions; Water rate is
1000 lb/hr.ft2; Kga is 1.75 lbmol/ft3.hr mol fraction difference; Henry's law is valid and ye = 1.75xe (ye is
the acetone vapor in equilibrium with the mole fraction of acetone xe in the liquid)

3) A packed absorption column is used to remove a solute from a liquid solvent. Samples of a dilute gas
phase are taken at the rich and lean ends. The actual and equilibrium mole fractions are tabulated as
shown.

Location Actual Value Equilibrium Value


1 0.825 0.750
2 0.300 0.250

Most nearly, how many transfer units are represented? Assume that the equation for solving NTU for
dilute gases is applicable in this problem.

4) In absorber benzene is recovered from coal gas by scrubbing it with wash oil as an absorbent
(solvent). The coal gas is fed at rate of 900 m3/h and contains 2% by volume benzene. It enters at a
temperature of 300 K (270 C) and 107.324 kPa pressure. The solvent enters which contains 0.005 mole
fraction of benzene and has an average molecular weight of 260. If 95% of the benzene is recovered by
the solvent calculate the circulation rate of oil (solvent) per hour when the column is operated at 1.5
times the minimum oil circulation rate. The equilibrium

Y X
relationship is: =0.125
1+ Y 1+ X

5) A certain manufacturing company produces 24 MT/day of exhaust gas containing 3.5% n-pentane. The
pentane concentration is to be reduced to 5% of the original amount by contacting the gas with 24
MT/day of absorbing oil at 80 °F and 101.325 kPa. Molecular weight of oil is 180. The vapor pressure of
n-pentane at 80 °F is 53 mmHg. Assume 24 hours continuous operation per day.

6) It is required to design an absorption column to remove hydrogen sulphide (H2S) from a light refinery
hydrocarbon stream before the gas is subjected to further processing. The feed gas contains 3.5 mol% of
H2S and 90% of the H2S has to be removed by scrubbing with a pure aqueous weak basic solution. The
absorption column operates at 25°C and 101.3 kPa total pressure. The feed gas rate is 50 kgmol/h and
the concentration of the H2S in the absorbent solution leaving the tower is 1.5 mol%. The equilibrium
relation is linear and is given by y=1.95x. Determine the solvent flowrate and number of theoretical
plates.
SOLUTION

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