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CH138P WS 2.4

This document provides two problems involving absorption and stripping processes. The first problem involves calculating the minimum water to air ratio, number of equilibrium stages, and exit water concentration for absorbing acetone vapor from an air stream using a countercurrent column. The second problem involves calculating the theoretical stages, moles of steam per moles of oil-benzene mixture, and theoretical stages for recovering benzene from an oil stream using a stripping column under different recovery conditions.

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CH138P WS 2.4

This document provides two problems involving absorption and stripping processes. The first problem involves calculating the minimum water to air ratio, number of equilibrium stages, and exit water concentration for absorbing acetone vapor from an air stream using a countercurrent column. The second problem involves calculating the theoretical stages, moles of steam per moles of oil-benzene mixture, and theoretical stages for recovering benzene from an oil stream using a stripping column under different recovery conditions.

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Worksheet 2.

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ABSORPTION AND STRIPPING
CH138P
Name:
SEPARATION PROCESSES
BAS, Elisja Tristan M. Page 1 of 1

Present clean and clear solutions to the following problems. Highlight your final answer by enclosing it within a box.

1. Ninety-five percent of the acetone vapor in an 85 vol% air stream is to be absorbed by countercurrent contact with pure
water in a valve-tray column with an expected overall tray efficiency of 50%. The column will operate essentially at 20C and
101 kPa pressure. Equilibrium data for acetone-water at these conditions are as follows:

mol% acetone in water 3.0 7.20 11.7 17.1


acetone partial pressure in air, torr 30 62.8 85.4 100.3

Use graphical methods to calculate:


a. the minimum value of ratio of moles of water per mole of air, (L’/V’)min.
b. the number of equilibrium stages required using a value of L’/V’ = 1.25 (L’/V’)min
c. the concentration of acetone in the exit water

2. A straw oil used to absorb benzene from coke-oven gas is to be stripped in a sieve-plate column at atmospheric pressure to
recover the dissolved benzene. Equilibrium conditions at the operating temperature are approximated by Henry’s law such
that, when the oil phase contains 10 mol% benzene, the benzene partial pressure above the oil is 5.07 kPa. The oil may be
considered nonvolatile. The oil enters containing 8 mol% benzene, 70% of which is to be recovered. The steam leaving
contains 3 mol% benzene.
a. How many theoretical stages are required?
b. How many moles of steam are required per 100 mol of oil-benzene mixture?
c. If 85% of the benzene is to be recovered with the same oil and steam rates, how many theoretical stages are
required?

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