Acetone is to be recovered from a 8 % acetone-air mixture by scrubbing with water in a packed tower using countercurrent flow. The liquid rate is 1.85 kg/m²s and the gas rate is 0.85 kg/m²s. The overall absorption coefficient Kça may be taken as 2.5 x 104 kmol/[m³s (kN/m²) partial pressure difference] and the gas film resistance controls the process. What height of tower is required tower to remove 95 % of the acetone? The equilibrium data for the mixture are: Mole fraction of acetone in gas Mole fraction of acetone in liquid 0.0099 0.0196 0.0361 0.0400 0.0076 0.0156 0.0306 0.0333
Acetone is to be recovered from a 8 % acetone-air mixture by scrubbing with water in a packed tower using countercurrent flow. The liquid rate is 1.85 kg/m²s and the gas rate is 0.85 kg/m²s. The overall absorption coefficient Kça may be taken as 2.5 x 104 kmol/[m³s (kN/m²) partial pressure difference] and the gas film resistance controls the process. What height of tower is required tower to remove 95 % of the acetone? The equilibrium data for the mixture are: Mole fraction of acetone in gas Mole fraction of acetone in liquid 0.0099 0.0196 0.0361 0.0400 0.0076 0.0156 0.0306 0.0333
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Acetone is to be recovered from a 8 % acetone-air mixture by scrubbing with water in
packed tower using countercurrent flow. The liquid rate is 1.85 kg/m²s and the gas rate is 0.85
kg/m²s. The overall absorption coefficient Kça may be taken as 2.5 × 104 kmol/[m³s (kN/m²)
partial pressure difference] and the gas film resistance controls the process. What height of
tower is required tower to remove 95% of the acetone? The equilibrium data for the mixture
X
are:
Mole fraction of acetone in gas
Mole fraction of acetone in liquid
0.0099
0.0076
0.0196
0.0156
0.0361 0.0400
0.0306
0.0333](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F7579cbfa-f2a9-4763-8e5d-0a2d3ce65e46%2F34495986-8907-4026-a01c-cfd54eb4d710%2F61eghjr_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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Acetone is to be recovered from a 8 % acetone-air mixture by scrubbing with water in
packed tower using countercurrent flow. The liquid rate is 1.85 kg/m²s and the gas rate is 0.85
kg/m²s. The overall absorption coefficient Kça may be taken as 2.5 × 104 kmol/[m³s (kN/m²)
partial pressure difference] and the gas film resistance controls the process. What height of
tower is required tower to remove 95% of the acetone? The equilibrium data for the mixture
X
are:
Mole fraction of acetone in gas
Mole fraction of acetone in liquid
0.0099
0.0076
0.0196
0.0156
0.0361 0.0400
0.0306
0.0333
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