1.

In a CO2 absorber using a carbonate solution as absorbent, 1,000 kmols/h of flue gases containing 50% by
volume CO2 and the balance being inert gases, is fed into the column. The lean gas leaves the absorber with a 2%
by volume CO2. Calculate the quantity of CO2, in kg/h, that is recovered from the regeneration of the fat liquor.

2. Dry gas with an analysis of 7% SO2 and 93% air is passed at the rate of 250 lb/h, through a packed tower
operating under normal pressure. The tower is 15 ft high and has a cross sectional area of 2 ft2 . The absorbent is
water which flows counter-currently to that of the gas. The operating temperature is maintained at 30°C. The over-
all coefficient of absorption is 173 lb SO2 per hour per cubic feet of packed tower per atm difference in partial
pressure. Calculate the rate of flow of the liquid absorbent in ft3 /min necessary to absorb 99% of the So2
contained in the entering gas.

3. A packed tower with an inside volume of 300 ft3 is to be used for an ammonia absorption under such conditions
that KGa = 2.8 lbmol/h·atm·ft3 and Henry’s law is applicable to the ammonia solution. The pressure difference
driving force at the top of the column (p – p*) is 0.009 atm, and the pressure difference driving force at the bottom
of the column is 0.090 atm. If 550 lb of ammonia, in addition to the inert gases, enters the tower per hour, what
percent of the entering ammonia will be absorbed?

4. From 480 lb/h of a gas containing 2% ammonia and 98% air, 98% of the ammonia is to be absorbed by water at
20°C in a packed column operated at atmospheric pressure. Water is to be fed at the rate of 480 lb/h to the tower,
whose cross-sectional area is 288 in2 . Assume the temperature remains constant at 20°C, determine: a) Pounds of
ammonia absorbed per hour b) Partial pressure of ammonia in equilibrium with solution discharged from the
tower c) Log mean average partial pressure difference in atm for the process d) Column height, assuming KGa, the
over-all coefficient, as 163 lb/h·ft3 of packe volume per atm pressure difference in partial pressure. Henry’s
Constant for NH3 at 20°C = 600 mm Hg per mass ratio

5. A mixture of 5% butane and 95% air is absorbed in a bubble plate tower containing 8 ideal plates. The absorbing
liquid is a heavy non-volatile oil having a molecular weight of 250 and a specific gravity of 0.90. The absorption
takes place at 1 atm and 60°F. The butane is to be recovered to the extent of 95%. The vapor pressure of butane at
60°F is 28 psi and liquid butane has a density of 4.84 lb/gal at 60°F. Calculate the gallons of fresh absorbing oil per
gallon of butane recovered.

6. A benzene-air mixture is to be scrubbed in a simple counter-current absorption tower using a non-volatile

absorption oil as solvent. The inlet gas contains 5% benzene and the entering gas flow is 600 lbmol/h. Solubility of
benzene in oil follows Raoult’s law. The tower operates isothermally at 80°F and the average molecular weight of
the oil is 200 and the tower pressure is 1 atm. (a) what is the minimum oil (lb/h) needed to recover 90% of the
entering benzene? (b) how many theoretical stages are required if the oil rate is 1.5 times the minimum?

7. Acetone is to be removed from an air / acetone using a plate column at 1 atm. The mixture enters the bottom
of the absorber containing 2% of acetone by volume. Pure water is used to remove 95% of the acetone. If the
actual liquid flowrate is 1.2 times the minimum req'd and if equilibrium relationship represented y*= 2.56x1. What
is the mole fraction of acetone in the lean gas? What is the theoretical no. of stages?

8. Propane is to be stripped from non-volatile oil by steam in a counter current tower. Four moles of steam will be
supplied at the bottom of the tower for every 100 mol of oil-propane feed at the top The oil originally 2.5 mole
percent and this concentration must be reduced to 0.25 mole percent. The tower is maintained at 280 oF and 35
psia. The molecular weight of the heavy oil is 300 and the molecular weight of propane is 44 . The equilibrium
relationship is y*= 33.4x. How many equilibrium stages are required? If the pressure is increased to 70 psia, how
many equilibrium stages are required?
1. The equilibrium data for a certain absorption may be represented by the equation Y = 5.2 x2 where x = kilomoles
of dissolved absorbable material per kilomole of inert gas. The unit is operated at continuous countercurrent
absorption. The entering gas contains 5 moles of absorbable material per 20 moles of inert gas. The absorbing
liquid enters the column as a pure material. Determine the minimum molal ratio of liquid to gas if the gases leaving
the tower contain 1 mole of absorbable material / 50 moles of inert gas.

A. 1 B. 1.05 C. 2.1 D. 3.25

2. It is desired to absorb 90% of the acetone in a gas containing 1,0 mol% acetone in air in a countercurrent stage
tower. The total inlet gas flow to the tower is 30.0 kgmol/h, and the total inlet pure water flow to be used to
absorb the acetone is 90 kgmol H2O/h. the process is to operate isothermally at 300K and a total pressure of 101.3
kPa . The equilibrium relation for the acetone in the gas-liquid is yA = 2.53 xA. Determine the number of theoretical
stages required for this separation.

A. 5 stages B. 7 stages C. 8 stages D. 10 stage

3. It is desired to design a packed tower for continuously absorbing NH3 from air by countercurrent water flow
using the following data :

Y1 = 0.05 Y2 = 0.0005 L’/V’ actual = 1.2 (L’/V’)min Gv = 20 lbmole of air/hr ft2

Qv1 = 108000 ft3/hr at 27oC and 1 atm

Equilibrium relationship: y = 0.8 x

Kya = 10 lbmoles NH3/hr ft3

Kxa = 19.2 lbmole NH3/hr ft3

Calculate the minimum absorbent rate.

A. 204.2 lbmoles lhr B. 390 lbmoles/hr C. 410 lbmoles/hr D. 500 lbmoles/hr

4. Given gas flow rate of 0.062 kmols/s containing 1.6%mol SO2. Absorbent is 2.2 kmole/s of pure water. Packed
column is 1.5 m2 in cross sectional area and packed with no. 2 plastic super intalox saddes to a 3.5 m height. Exit
gas contains an SO2 mole fraction of 0.004. Operating pressure is 1 atm. At operating temperature, equilibrium
curve for SO2 is y = kx = 40x. If fraction absorbed is 0.75, calculate the L’/L’min.

A. 1.2 B. 2.1 C. 2.5 D. 3.2