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One mole/hr of the gas mixture containing 90mole%N₂ and 10mol%CO₂ is passed through an absorber, in which pure and cool water is used as solvent. the operation is assumed to be isothermal at 5°C and isobaric at 10atm. The liquid flow rate (L/G) act is 1.5 times the minimum liquid flow rate (L/G)min. determine the number of equilibrium stages required to absorb 92% of CO₂ feed. Given henry constant of CO₂ in water at 5°C of 876 atm/mole fraction.

One mole/hr of the gas mixture containing 90mole%N₂ and 10mol%CO₂ is passed through an absorber, in which pure and cool water is used as solvent. the operation is assumed to be isothermal at 5°C and isobaric at 10atm. The liquid flow rate (L/G) act is 1.5 times the minimum liquid flow rate (L/G)min. determine the number of equilibrium stages required to absorb 92% of CO₂ feed. Given henry constant of CO₂ in water at 5°C of 876 atm/mole fraction.

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One mole/hr of the gas mixture containing 90mole%N₂ and 10mol%CO₂ is passed through an absorber, in which pure and cool water is used as solvent. the operation is assumed to be isothermal at 5°C and isobaric at 10atm. The liquid flow rate (L/G)act is 1.5 times the minimum liquid flow rate (L/G)min. determine the number of equilibrium stages required to absorb 92% of CO₂ feed. Given henry constant of CO₂ in water at 5°C of 876 atm/mole fraction.
Transcribed Image Text:One mole/hr of the gas mixture containing 90mole%N₂ and 10mol%CO₂ is passed through an absorber, in which pure and cool water is used as solvent. the operation is assumed to be isothermal at 5°C and isobaric at 10atm. The liquid flow rate (L/G)act is 1.5 times the minimum liquid flow rate (L/G)min. determine the number of equilibrium stages required to absorb 92% of CO₂ feed. Given henry constant of CO₂ in water at 5°C of 876 atm/mole fraction.
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