BF3 SCRUBBER DESIG

Input Data

Packing type
Packing size
Packing MOC
Gas pr. Drop / m bed
Total packing height

Component to be scrubbed
Component Name
% comp. of BF3 in Air
Molecular weight of BF3
Air mol weight
Average mol wt
Gas pressure at entry
Gas temperature at entry
Average density of gas mixture(PM/RT)

Gas / Vapour Properties

Air+BF3 flow rate

Liquid / Scrubbing media Properties

Scrubbing media
Liquid flow rate, L

Liquid Density, ρ L
Liquid Viscosity, µL

Packing factor, Fp
Charac. Packing Factor,Cf
Conversion factor, J

Henry's LC

Solubility data
%w/w solution P, atm
0.0152 0.00117053055239108
0.0226 0.00173363650953038
0.0329 0.00252378510438772
 0.0471 0.00361532479780887
0.0664 0.00510133683635751
0.0924 0.00709687612398687
0.1269 0.0097424718276881
0.1720 0.0132078628213278
0.2304 0.017695937541865
0.3053 0.0234468430418636
0.4003 0.0307422240805766
0.5197 0.0399095500724144
0.6684 0.0513264856384435
0.8520 0.0654252593817939
1.0769 0.0826969853000376
1.3504 0.103695891900722
1.6805 0.129043415525018
2.0762 0.159432116519477
2.5476 0.195629379628498
3.1056 0.238480863206917
3.7624 0.288913665468542
4.5310 0.34793917989047
5.4259 0.416655615987079
6.4624 0.496250165861398
7.6573 0.588000801152836
9.0282 0.693277689156047
10.5944 0.813544220922851
partial pressure, atms

12.3761 0.950357648024257

P, atm

0.20
0.18
0.16
0.14
0.12
0.10
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0.00
0.10
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0.00
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6
liquid concentrat
Partial pressure of BF3 in the feed
% 10
0.1
Partial pressure in the exit gas at 98% recovery
% 98
0.98
Molecular weight

mole fraction of vapour

mole fraction of liquid

y1/y2

m(Gm/Lm) 0.1
NoG 4.232

Material balance Lmx1

Column diameter

Gas flow rate

Liquid flow rate

Packing type Pall rings, 1 inch size

Table:11.3 Fp

Gas density @ 20 deg C

Design for a pressure drop of 40 mm H2O/m packing

From Fig.,11.4

% flooding

Column area required

Diameter
Estimation of HOG

DL liquid phase diffusivity

Dv vapour phase diffisivity
µV vapour phase viscosity
K5
LW liquid mass flow rate per unit CSA
VW gas mass flow rate per unit column CSA
aW effective interfacial area of packing
a actual area of packing per unit volume
dp packing size
σc critical surface tension for the particular packing material
σL liquid surface tension
KG gas film mass transfer ceefficient
KL liquid film mass transfer coe-efficient
R gas constant
g acceleration due to gravity
µL viscosity of liquid
ρL density of liquid
ρv density of vapour
T
P Operating pressure
Gm
Lm

HG

HL

HOG
 BF3 SCRUBBER DESIGN (PACKED COLUMN)

Stream :

= Pall rings
= 25 mm
= Plastic
= 40 mmWC / m packing height =
= 2.95 m (including all packed beds)

= BF3 Gas
= 0.10
= 66.30 kg/kg mol
= 28.78 kg/kg mol
= 32.53 kg/kg mol
= 1.0000 atm = 101325 N/m2
= 20.00 o
C = 293.00 o
K
= 1.35 kg/m3

= 2089.0781274 kg/h OR 1,543.85 m3/h

= 0.5803 kg/s = 0.4288471 m3/s

= water
= 253.57 kg/h
= 0.0704 kg/s
= 1000 kg/m3 Conversion :
= 0.0010000 Ns/m 2
1 Cp = 0.00100000
Cp = 4.186 KJ
= 160 m-1 from sheet 2
= 52 Ref. Table 6.3, Characterstics of Random packings
= 1.0 factor for adequate liquid distribution & irrigation across the bed

0.0007679

Partial pressure, mmHg

0.889603219817217
1.31756374724309
1.91807667933467
2.74764684633474
3.87701599563171
5.39362585423003
7.40427858904295
10.0379757442091
13.4489125318174
17.8196007118164
23.3640903012382
30.3312580550349
39.0081290852171
49.7231971301633
62.8497088280286
78.8088778445484
98.0729957990136
121.168408554802
148.678328517659
181.245456037257
219.574385756092
264.433776716757
316.65826815018
377.150126054662
446.880608876155
526.891043758596
618.293607901366
722.271812498436

P, atm

P, atm
 P, atm

1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0
liquid concentration %w/w
76 mmHg
0.1 atms

1.52 mm Hg

BF3 66.3
H2O 18
air 29

57 mm Hg
0.075
0.002734856

m 27.42375

p1/p2 50

0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9

4.61733374453122 5.091261377 5.690738 6.477357 7.563228 9.178869 11.89773 17.74952

= Gm(y1-y2)

x1 0.098
0.003573545
0.002144127
0.002858836
NoG 11.89773067
 2089.078127 kg/h
0.58029948 Kg/s

0.020010327 kmol/s
0.685947753 Kmol/s
12.34705955 kg/s

160 m^-1

1.206271331 kg/m3

0.738982008

K4 0.49
K4 @ flooding 0.8

78.26237921 %

1.0589191622306 Kg/m2 S

0.548011123544987 m2

0.835313972978 m
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22.5306732221545
1.0589191622306
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207
0.025
0.033

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0.08314 m3 / kmol K
9.81 m/s2

1000

303 K

0.0365144538700206
1.2517 kmol/m2 s

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 BF3 gas

392.266 (N/m2)/m

10.8
18.5 66.3

907.78347 CFM

0.00100000 Ns/m2
P, atm
 P, atm

3.0

1
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