Absorption of carbon dioxide by monoethanolamine solutions was studied using packed columns, at atmospheric and elevated pressures. Based on the data obtained, the overall mass transfer coefficient relative to the gas composition and the height of the overall transfer unit were calculated from the following equations:
[kg moles/m
3 hr atm]
[m]
(1) The effects of various factors on KGa, at atmospheric pressure, when CO
2 concentration in the as was high, were made clear, and with these effects, the data on the 3kg/cmcm2g pressure column operated in conjunction with a regeneration column were correlated. As the result the following empirical equation was derived for 5mole/l monoethanolamine solutions.
KGa=20.1e-(1170/T+1.56pav+3.68xav).L0.60
Thus, KGa was found to be independent of G and its values to be lower than those obtained from the Kohl's correlation.
(2) When CO
2 concentration was low and high degree of purification was attained to, the values of KGa increased in direct proportion to G and were independent of L. Accordingly, in the ranges covered by the present study, the values of HOG obtained were constant, as follows:
For 2″ column at the pressure of 3kg/cm
2g, HOG=0.25m
For 90mm column at the pressure of 20kg/cm
2g, HOG=0.30m
From these results it may be concluded that at high concentration of CO
2, the liquid film resistance is controlling and at very low concentration, the gas film is controlling.
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