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Question 2) Dehydration - Long Answer: L G S G

This document provides calculations to design a triethylene glycol (TEG) contactor to handle 3x106 standard cubic meters per day of gas at 35°C and 60 bar. [1] It first calculates the actual gas flow rate of 0.5644 cubic meters per second. [2] It then uses the Souders-Brown equation to determine an allowable gas velocity of 0.2633 meters per second and estimates the bubble-cap column diameter would be 1.652 meters. [3] Similarly, it uses a kinetic energy relationship to find a structured packing column diameter of 1.280 meters based on an allowable velocity of 0.4384 meters per second.

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Question 2) Dehydration - Long Answer: L G S G

This document provides calculations to design a triethylene glycol (TEG) contactor to handle 3x106 standard cubic meters per day of gas at 35°C and 60 bar. [1] It first calculates the actual gas flow rate of 0.5644 cubic meters per second. [2] It then uses the Souders-Brown equation to determine an allowable gas velocity of 0.2633 meters per second and estimates the bubble-cap column diameter would be 1.652 meters. [3] Similarly, it uses a kinetic energy relationship to find a structured packing column diameter of 1.280 meters based on an allowable velocity of 0.4384 meters per second.

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Question 2) Dehydration – Long Answer

A triethylene glycol (TEG) contactor is to be designed to handle 3×106 std m3/day of gas at
35 °C and 60 bar.

Data:
Gas compressibility factor, Zg = 0.90
Gas molar mass, Mg = 18 g·mol-1
For TEG systems ȡL = 1120 kg·m-3
Standard conditions: p = 1.01 bar, T = 15 °C
Gas constant, R = 8.314 J mol-1 K-1

(a) Calculate the actual volumetric flow rate of the gas in m3·s-1.

(b) Use the Souders-Brown (Equation 1) to calculate the allowable gas velocity for a
bubble-cap column and estimate the required column diameter.
Souders-Brown equation:
U L  Ug
v KS (1)
Ug

where Ks = 0.055 m·s-1 for bubble-cap columns

(c) Use the kinetic energy relationship (Equation 2) to calculate the allowable gas
superficial velocity for a structured packed column and estimate the required column
diameter. Comment on whether the diameter is reasonable

Kinetic energy relationship:


Fg
v (2)
Ug

where Fs = 3.0 Pa0.5 for structured packing.




 
Solution
a) The density of the gas can be calculated using pV = ZRT (where V is the molar
volume in m3·mol-1):

pV ZRT
p U g,m ZRT (where U g,m is the gas' molar density)
Ug
p ZRT (where U g is the gas' mass density & M is the gas' molecular mass)
M
pM
Ug
ZRT

Ug
60 u 105 18 u 103 46.84 kg·m 3
0.90 u 8.314 u 35  273.15

To convert to the actual flow rate we need to compare the specific volume of the gas at the
standard and actual conditions:

qactual Vactual
qstd Vstd
3 -1
where Vactual is the molar volume (in m ·mol ) of the actual gas at 60 bar and 35 °C and Vstd
is the standard molar volume (in m3·mol-1) at the standard conditions (in this case 15
°C and 1.01325 bar). As the standard condition is at low pressure we can use the ideal
gas equation:

RTstd
Vstd .
pstd

For the actual molar volume we can use:


Z actual RTactual
Vactual .
pactual

Hence:
qactual Z actual RTactual p Tactual pstd
u std Z actual
qstd pactual RTstd Tstd pactual

qactual 35  273.15 1.01325


0.90 u u 0.01625
qstd 15  273.15 60

qactual 3 u 106 u 0.01625 4.876 u 104 m3 ·day 1


qactual 4.876 u 104 24 u 60 u 60 0.5644 m3 ·s 1


 
b) Bubblecap column diameter:

Calculate the allowable gas velocity for bubblecap columns:


U L  Ug
v Ks
Ug

1120  46.84
v 0.055 0.2633 m·s 1
46.84

The bubblecap column diameter is:

4qactual 4 u 0.5644
d 1.652 m
Sv S u 0.2633

c) Structured packing column diameter:

Calculate the allowable gas velocity for bubblecap columns:


Fs
v
Ug

3
v 0.4384 m·s 1
48.64

The bubblecap column diameter is:


4qactual 4 u 0.5644
d 1.280 m
Sv S u 0.4384


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