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    Sample Problem - Comsol

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    This document describes a wetted wall tower absorption process that can be modeled using a 2D geometry and convection-diffusion model in COMSOL. Gas A is being absorbed into falling liquid B along the tower wall. The model asks to specify subdomain and boundary conditions, and considers adjustments to account for variable velocity, incompressible Navier-Stokes, and a reaction producing component C from the absorption of A.

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    This document describes a wetted wall tower absorption process that can be modeled using a 2D geometry and convection-diffusion model in COMSOL. Gas A is being absorbed into falling liquid B along the tower wall. The model asks to specify subdomain and boundary conditions, and considers adjustments to account for variable velocity, incompressible Navier-Stokes, and a reaction producing component C from the absorption of A.

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    This document describes a wetted wall tower absorption process that can be modeled using a 2D geometry and convection-diffusion model in COMSOL. Gas A is being absorbed into falling liquid B along the tower wall. The model asks to specify subdomain and boundary conditions, and considers adjustments to account for variable velocity, incompressible Navier-Stokes, and a reaction producing component C from the absorption of A.

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    This document describes a wetted wall tower absorption process that can be modeled using a 2D geometry and convection-diffusion model in COMSOL. Gas A is being absorbed into falling liquid B along the tower wall. The model asks to specify subdomain and boundary conditions, and considers adjustments to account for variable velocity, incompressible Navier-Stokes, and a reaction producing component C from the absorption of A.

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    Problem 3.- In a wetted wall tower of length 5 cm and radius 1.

    5 cm, gas A is being


    absorbed in a pure liquid B, falling vertically along the tower wall. Assume that this
    process can be modelled as follows:

    C A  2C A  2C A
     vy  DAB  DAB
    y y 2 x 2

    Where, y is the vertical direction, x is the horizontal direction, CA is the concentration of


    gas A in film (mol/m3), vy (5e-3 m/s) is the velocity in the y direction and assumed to be
    constant. DAB (1e-6 m2/s) is the diffusion coefficient of gas A in liquid B (m2/s). At the
    interface, the concentration of gas A is given by its solubility in liquid B, i.e. CAO (0.2
    mol/m3). The Figure below shows the boundary conditions and more details about the
    process. The model is implemented using rectangular coordinates, x and y. The numbers
    that appear in the Figure represent the boundary condition numbers.

    x CA,in= 0.3 mol/m3


    y 1
    Insulated.
    Tower Wall

    Gas-liquid interface,
    3 CA0=0.2 mol/m3

    Flux by molecular
    transport is negligible.

    To answer the following questions, assume that the model is to be implemented in


    COMSOL using a 2D geometry and the convection and diffusion model.

    1
    a) (10 points) Subdomain settings: Specify the conditions on this window to model the
    system shown above.

    b) (10 points) Boundary settings: Fill-in the following table with the boundary
    conditions for this problem. Note: the BC number matches the numbers shown in the
    Figure above.

    Mass transfer by Conduction and Convection


    Boundary Number
    Type Numerical Value
    1
    2
    3
    4

    c) (10 points) Assume that the velocity profile in the film does not remain constant.
    Incompressible Navier-Stokes is added into the model to account for the velocity
    distribution in the film. Assuming that the dynamic viscosity is 8.4e-4 Pa-s and that
    the density is 1000 Kg/m3, fill-in in the subdomain settings for both the
    incompressible Navier-Stokes and the convection and diffusion models.

    2
    d) (10 points) Assume that the velocity profile in the film is constant (5e-3 m/s) but the
    gas A absorbed in liquid B reacts to produce a new component C in the system.
    Assume that the reaction rate defined in terms of reactant A is as follows: rA  KC A2 ,
    (K=1e-3 m3/mol-s). Rewrite your model in terms on this new assumption.

    3
    e) (10 points) Redefine the sub-domain settings in the convection and diffusion model
    according to the changes considered only in part d.

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