DUE: APRIL 4, 2018 [NO. 1 TO NO. 3]; APRIL 5 [NO. 4 TO NO.

5]
1. CS2 – N2 mixture containing 7% CS2 (PO= 346 mmHg) is to be absorbed by using absorption oil. The gas mixture enters at
24OC and 1 atm at a rate of 0.4 m3/s. The vapor content is to be brought down to 0.5%. The oil enters free from CS2.
Determine:
a. Minimun liquid/gas ratio
b. For a liquid /gas ration of 1.5 times the minimum, determine the mass of oil (kg) entering the tower and the number of
theoretical stages required.
2. As a new chemical engineer in a sulfur processing plant, you are asked to make a preliminary design of a plate type gas
absorber in order to reduce the SO2 content of a gas mixture containing 4.0% SO2 and 96.0% air to an effluent with only
0.4% SO2. 1000 m3 per hour of the gas mixture will be treated at 25C and 760 mmHg using water as solvent entering the
absorber at a rate which is 1.25 times the minimum. Assuming that the equilibrium relationship maybe expressed by the
equation: Y = 0.8X where X is the mols of SO2 per mol of SO2-free water and Y is the mols of SO2 per mol of SO2-free air,
calculate:
(a) the water requirement in kilograms per hour , (b) the number of plates needed.
3. A mixture of 5% butane and 95% air by volume is fed to a tower with 8 plates. The solvent is oil with an average molecular
weight of 250 and a specific gravity of 0.90. Absorption takes place at 101.325 kPa and 15C. The vapor pressure of butane
at 15C is 1.92 atm and liquid butane has a density of 580 kg/m 3 at 15C. Ninety percent of the butane is to be recovered.
Calculate the cubic meters of fresh absorbing oil for every cubic meter of butane recovered
4. A soluble gas is absorbed in water using a packed tower. The equilibrium relationship may be taken as y = 0.06x. If Hx =
0.24 m and Hy = 0.36 m, what is the height of the packed section if terminal conditions are as follows: x a = 0 ; xb = 0.08; ya =
0.001 and yb = 0.009
5. An air- SO2 mixture containing 5% SO2 is scrubbed with water to remove SO2 in a packed tower. 20 kmol/s of gas mixture is
to be processed, to reduce SO2 concentration at exit to 0.15%. If L actual is twice Lmin, and the equilibrium relationship is y
= 30x, HTU = 30 cms, find the height of packing to be used.
6. The average flow conditions existing in a tower packed with ½ - in. ceramic Raschig rings are as follows:
GAS LIQUID
Molal flow 80 lbmol/hr 40 lbmol/hr
Density 0.3 lb/ft3 65 lb/ft3
Molecular weight 100 lb/lbmol 150 lb/lbmol
Viscosity -------- 1.6 cP
What should be the tower diameter based on gas velocity at 50% the flooding velocity?

DUE: APRIL 4, 2018 [NO. 1 TO NO. 3]; APRIL 5 [NO. 4 TO NO. 5]

1. CS2 – N2 mixture containing 7% CS2 (PO= 346 mmHg) is to be absorbed by using absorption oil. The gas mixture enters at
24OC and 1 atm at a rate of 0.4 m3/s. The vapor content is to be brought down to 0.5%. The oil enters free from CS2.
Determine:
a. Minimun liquid/gas ratio
b. For a liquid /gas ration of 1.5 times the minimum, determine the mass of oil (kg) entering the tower and the number of
theoretical stages required.
2. As a new chemical engineer in a sulfur processing plant, you are asked to make a preliminary design of a plate type gas
absorber in order to reduce the SO2 content of a gas mixture containing 4.0% SO2 and 96.0% air to an effluent with only
0.4% SO2. 1000 m3 per hour of the gas mixture will be treated at 25C and 760 mmHg using water as solvent entering the
absorber at a rate which is 1.25 times the minimum. Assuming that the equilibrium relationship maybe expressed by the
equation: Y = 0.8X where X is the mols of SO 2 per mol of SO2-free water and Y is the mols of SO2 per mol of SO2-free air,
calculate:
(a) the water requirement in kilograms per hour , (b) the number of plates needed.
3. A mixture of 5% butane and 95% air by volume is fed to a tower with 8 plates. The solvent is oil with an average molecular
weight of 250 and a specific gravity of 0.90. Absorption takes place at 101.325 kPa and 15C. The vapor pressure of butane
at 15C is 1.92 atm and liquid butane has a density of 580 kg/m3 at 15C. Ninety percent of the butane is to be recovered.
Calculate the cubic meters of fresh absorbing oil for every cubic meter of butane recovered
4. A soluble gas is absorbed in water using a packed tower. The equilibrium relationship may be taken as y = 0.06x. If Hx =
0.24 m and Hy = 0.36 m, what is the height of the packed section if terminal conditions are as follows: x a = 0 ; xb = 0.08; ya =
0.001 and yb = 0.009
5. An air- SO2 mixture containing 5% SO2 is scrubbed with water to remove SO2 in a packed tower. 20 kmol/s of gas mixture is
to be processed, to reduce SO2 concentration at exit to 0.15%. If L actual is twice Lmin, and the equilibrium relationship is y
= 30x, HTU = 30 cms, find the height of packing to be used.
6. The average flow conditions existing in a tower packed with ½ - in. ceramic Raschig rings are as follows:
GAS LIQUID
Molal flow 80 lbmol/hr 40 lbmol/hr
Density 0.3 lb/ft3 65 lb/ft3
Molecular weight 100 lb/lbmol 150 lb/lbmol
Viscosity -------- 1.6 cP
What should be the tower diameter based on gas velocity at 50% the flooding velocity?