An Analysis of Crossflow Gas Absorption with Chemical Reaction

Abstract

Theoretical analyses for crossflow gas absorption with irreversible second-order chemical reaction were studied and both an approximate and a numerical solution for the reaction factor describing the effect of chemical reaction on the rate of gas absorption were derived. These solutions were compared with results calculated by the film theory and the penetration theory.
As a result, it is found that the reaction factor for irreversible second-order chemical reaction is the same as that for the penetration theory in the case of pure gas and that the reaction factor for instantaneous chemical reaction and for irreversible second-order reaction can be approximated by the penetration theory and by the film theory in the case of gas mixture, respectively.