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,

Liquid Viscosity, L
Packing factor, Fp
Charac. Packing Factor,Cf
Conversion factor, J

Henry's LC
Solubility data
%w/w solution
0.0152
0.0226
0.0329

P, atm
0.0011705306
0.0017336365
0.0025237851

partial pressure, atms

0.0471
0.0664
0.0924
0.1269
0.1720
0.2304
0.3053
0.4003
0.5197
0.6684
0.8520
1.0769
1.3504
1.6805
2.0762
2.5476
3.1056
3.7624
4.5310
5.4259
6.4624
7.6573
9.0282
10.5944
12.3761

0.0036153248
0.0051013368
0.0070968761
0.0097424718
0.0132078628
0.0176959375
0.023446843
0.0307422241
0.0399095501
0.0513264856
0.0654252594
0.0826969853
0.1036958919
0.1290434155
0.1594321165
0.1956293796
0.2384808632
0.2889136655
0.3479391799
0.416655616
0.4962501659
0.5880008012
0.6932776892
0.8135442209
0.950357648

P, atm

0.2000

0.6000

1.0000

1.4000

0.2000
0.6000
1.0000
1.4000
0.0000
0.4000
0.8000
1.2000
1.600

liquid concentrat
Partial pressure of BF3 in the feed
%
Partial pressure in the exit gas at 98% recovery
%

10
0.1
98
0.98

Molecular weight

mole fraction of vapour

mole fraction of liquid

y1/y2

m(Gm/Lm)
NoG

0.1
4.232

Material balance Lmx1

Column diameter
Gas flow rate

Liquid flow rate

Packing type
Table:11.3

Pall rings, 1 inch size

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
Dv
V
K5
LW
VW
aW
a
dp
c
L
KG
KL
R
g
L
L
v
T
P
Gm
Lm
HG

HL

HOG

liquid phase diffusivity

vapour phase diffisivity
vapour phase viscosity
liquid mass flow rate per unit CSA
gas mass flow rate per unit column CSA
effective interfacial area of packing
actual area of packing per unit volume
packing size
critical surface tension for the particular packing material
liquid surface tension
gas film mass transfer ceefficient
liquid film mass transfer coe-efficient
gas constant
acceleration due to gravity
viscosity of liquid
density of liquid
density of vapour
Operating pressure

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

=
=

2089.07813 kg/h
0.5803 kg/s

=
=
=

water
253.57 kg/h
0.0704 kg/s

0.10
66.30
28.78
32.53
1.0000
20.00
1.35

kg/kg mol
kg/kg mol
kg/kg mol
atm
o
C
kg/m3

OR
=

1000 kg/m3

0.0010000 Ns/m

=
=
=

=
=

101325
293.00

N/m2
o
K

###
0.42885

m3/h
m3/s

Conversion :
1 Cp
Cp

=
4.186

0.00100000
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

0.8896032198
1.3175637472
1.9180766793

.0000

2.7476468463
3.8770159956
5.3936258542
7.404278589
10.0379757442
13.4489125318
17.8196007118
23.3640903012
30.331258055
39.0081290852
49.7231971302
62.849708828
78.8088778445
98.072995799
121.1684085548
148.6783285177
181.2454560373
219.5743857561
264.4337767168
316.6582681502
377.1501260547
446.8806088762
526.8910437586
618.2936079014
722.2718124984

P, atm

P, atm

1.4000

1.8000

2.2000

2.6000

3.0000

P, atm

.0000
1.4000
1.8000
2.2000
2.6000
3.0000
1.2000
1.6000
2.0000
2.4000
2.8000
liquid concentration %w/w
76 mmHg
0.1 atms
1.52 mm Hg

BF3
H2O
air

66.3
18
29
57 mm Hg
0.075
0.002734856

27.42375

p1/p2

50

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

4.6173337445 5.091261377 5.690738 6.477357 7.563228 9.178869 11.89773 17.74952

=
x1

NoG

0.098
0.003573545
0.002144127
0.002858836
11.89773067

Gm(y1-y2)

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
K4 @ flooding

0.49
0.8

78.26237921 %

1.0589191622 Kg/m2 S

0.5480111235 m2

0.835313973 m

5.23
22.5306732222
1.0589191622
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207
0.025
0.033
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0.08314
9.81

m3 / kmol K
m/s2

1000
303
0.0365144539
1.2517
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kmol/m2 s

BF3 gas

392.266 (N/m2)/m

0.00100000

n across the bed

10.8
18.5

66.3

907.783 CFM

Ns/m2

.0000

P, atm

P, atm

.0000

1
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