1. Mass Transfer Performance for Low SO2 Absorption into Aqueous N,N′-Bis(2-hydroxypropyl)piperazine Solution in a θ-Ring Packed Column
- Author
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Yuan He, Fengyu Wei, Yunjin Yao, Peng Cui, Pan Xue, and Shi Chengwu
- Subjects
Packed bed ,Mass transfer coefficient ,Aqueous solution ,General Chemical Engineering ,Analytical chemistry ,General Chemistry ,Partial pressure ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,Volumetric flow rate ,Piperazine ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Mass transfer ,Absorption (chemistry) - Abstract
The mass transfer performance of SO2 absorption in an aqueous solution of a newly proposed organic amine absorbent, N,N′-bis(2-hydroxypropyl)piperazine (HPP), was studied by the dynamic absorption method in a θ-ring packed column. The absorption performance was interpreted in terms of the overall mass transfer coefficient, KGa. The experimental results showed that the KGa value increased with an increase in the liquid flow rate, concentration, and initial pH of HPP absorbent. However, it decreased with an increase in temperature, SO2 partial pressure, and gas flow rate. An empirical correlation for the overall mass transfer coefficient is subsequently developed as a function of the process parameters. The obtained KGa from empirical correlation is found to be in relatively good agreement with the experimental results with a mean relative deviation of 6.6%, which could be used for engineering design.
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- 2014