scholarly journals Device-scale CFD study for mass transfer coefficient and effective mass transfer area in packed column

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh K. Singh ◽  
Jie Bao ◽  
Chao Wang ◽  
Zhijie Xu
2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 820-820
Author(s):  
Pongayi Ponnusamy Selvi and Rajoo Baskar Pongayi Ponnusamy Selvi and Rajoo Baskar

The acidic gas, Carbon dioxide (CO2) absorption in aqueous ammonia solvent was carried as an example for industrial gaseous treatment. The packed column was provided with a novel structured BX-DX packing material. The overall mass transfer coefficient was calculated from the absorption efficiency of the various runs. Due to the high solubility of CO2, mass transfer was shown to be mainly controlled by gas side transfer rates. The effects of different operating parameters on KGav including CO2 partial pressure, total gas flow rates, volume flow rate of aqueous ammonia solution, aqueous ammonia concentration, and reaction temperature were investigated. For a particular system and operating conditions structured packing provides higher mass transfer coefficient than that of commercial random packing.


EKUILIBIUM ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Endang Kwartiningsih ◽  
Arif Jumari

<p><strong><em>Abstract:</em></strong><strong><em> </em></strong><em>Gas purification from the content of H<sub>2</sub>S using  Fe-EDTA (Iron Chelated Solution) gave  several advantages. The advantages were  the absorbent solution can be regenerated that means  a cheap operation cost,  the separated sulfur was a solid that is easy to handle and is save to be disposal to environment. This research was done by simulation and experimental. The simulation step was done by mathematical model arrangement representing the absorption process in packed column through mass transfer arrangement such as mass transfer equations and chemical reaction. The experimental step was done with the making of Fe-EDTA solution from FeCl<sub>2</sub> and EDTA. Then Fe-EDTA solution was flown in counter current packed column that was contacted with H<sub>2</sub>S in the methane gas. By comparing gas composition result of experiment and simulation, the value of mass transfer coefficient in gas phase ( k<sub>Ag</sub>a), mass transfer coefficient in liquid phase (k<sub>Al</sub>a) and the reaction rate constant ( k) were found. The values of mass transfer coefficient in liquid phase (k<sub>Al</sub>a) were lower than values of mass transfer coefficient in gas phase (k<sub>Ag</sub>a) and the reaction rate constant (k). It meant that H<sub>2</sub>S absorption  process using Fe-EDTA absorbent solution was determined by mass transfer process in liquid phase. The higher flow rate of absorbent, the higher value of mass transfer coefficient in liquid phase. </em><em>The smaller packing diameter, the higher value of mass transfer coefficient in liquid phase.From analysis of dimension, the relation of dimensionless number between Sherwood number and flow rate of absorbent, packing diameter was</em><strong></strong></p><p> <strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><strong><em> </em></strong><em>chemical reaction, Fe-EDTA, H<sub>2</sub>S absorption, mass transfer</em></p>


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 710
Author(s):  
Danu Ariono ◽  
Dwiwahju Sasongko ◽  
Priyono Kusumo

To date, evaluation of the performance of liquid-liquid extraction in packed columns has not been able to produce satisfactory results, because the correlations used in this evaluation are empirical in nature, with a very limited range of validity. One of the causes of this limitation is the use of the assumption that the dynamics of liquid dispersed in droplets is constant (in terms of shape, dimensions, and numbers), so that the mass transfer interfacial area and mass transfer coefficient in the column are assumed to be constant. In reality, dynamics of droplets in a column is not constant, due to the imbalance between droplet coalescence and disintegration. For a given droplet diameter, there is an increase in numbers of droplets due to coalescence of smaller droplets, and a  decrease in numbers of droplets due to disintegration into smaller droplets. These coalescence and disintegration phenomena may be caused by various factors, including the existence of packings which impede the flow of droplets. These phenomena impact the mass transfer rate from continuous to dispersed phase, and vice versa, due to a variation in the interfacial contact area and mass transfer coefficient. The observation of droplet dynamics from droplet formation until its motion through void spaces between packings is a critical factor in developing a model that can describe the performance of the packed column. The dynamics of droplets is influenced by various operational and physical variables.  A droplet dynamics experiment has been undertaken, aimed at obtaining the droplet size distribution at specific heights along the column. This distribution is to be used to develop mass transfer coefficient correlations in the continuous and dispersed phases.Keywords: droplet size distribution, packed column Abstrak Evaluasi unjuk kerja ekstraksi cair-cair dalam kolom isian (packed column) hingga saat ini belum dapat memberikan hasil yang memuaskan karena korelasi-korelasi yang  digunakan  masih  bersifat  empiris serta daerah keberlakuannya sangat terbatas. Salah satu penyebab keterbatasan berlakunya korelasi tersebut ialah penggunaan anggapan bahwa dinamika cairan yang terdispersi dalam bentuk tetesan bersifat konstan (bentuk, ukuran serta jumlahnya), sehingga harga luas perpindahan massa dan harga koefisien perpindahan massa dalam kolom dianggap tetap. Kenyataannya dinamika tetesan dalam kolom tidak konstan akibat adanya tetesan yang bergabung dan pecah dalam jumlah yang  tidak sama. Pada suatu harga diameter tetesan tertentu, ada penambahan jumlah tetesan akibat penggabungan tetesan­ tetesan yang ukurannya lebih kecil serta adanya pengurangan jumlah tetesan akibat pecahnya tetesan menjadi tetesan-tetesan yang lebih kecil. Peristiwa penggabungan dan pemecahan tetesan dapat disebabkan berbagai faktor temasuk adanya isian yang menghalangi gerakan tetesan. Kejadian tersebut akan mempengaruhi laju proses perpindahan massa dari fasa kontinyu ke fasa  terdispersi  atau sebaliknya, karena adanya variasi luas permukaan kontak serta koefisien perpindahan massanya. Pengamatan dinamika tetesan mulai saat pembentukan tetes hingga pergerakannya saat melewati sela-sela isian merupakan faktor penting dalam  membangun model  yang  dapat menggambarkan unjuk kerja kolom isian. Dinamika tetesan tersebut dipengaruhi oleh berbagai variabel operasi dan variabel fisik. Eksperimen dinamika fetes yang dilakukan diarahkan untuk memperoleh distribusi ukuran tetes pada posisi ketinggian tertentu dan distribusi tersebut akan digunakan untuk pengembangan  korelasi koefisien perpindahan massa difasa  dispersi danfasa kontinyu.Kata kunci: distribusi ukuran tetes, kolom isian.


2004 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanhui Yuan ◽  
Minghan Han ◽  
Lunwei Wang ◽  
Dezheng Wang ◽  
Yong Jin

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-54
Author(s):  
Ahmad Rahbar-Kelishami ◽  
Hossein Bahmanyar ◽  
Zahra Hajamini

Abstract The calculation of column’s height plays an important role in packed columns precise design. This research is based on experimentally measurement of mass transfer coefficients in different heights of packed column to predict its height. The objective of presented work is to introduce a novel conceptual method to predict column height via new correlation for mass transfer coefficient. As the mass transfer coefficient is decreased with increase of column height, the HTU’s are not constant figures along the column so this new approach is called increasing HTU’s. The results of the proposed idea were compared with other correlations and the conventional method i.e. constant HTU’s. Since the results are in very good agreement with experimental data comparing to conventional method, it seems this approach can be a turning point in design of all differential columns like packed columns. Making use of this method is suggested for design of differential columns.


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