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    This document describes an experiment on gas absorption in an absorption column. The main purpose is to study how the air and water flow rates affect the flooding point. The procedure involves setting the water flow rate while gradually increasing the air flow rate until flooding occurs, then repeating with a fixed air flow rate while increasing the water flow rate. Results showed that higher flow rates of both air and water led to higher pressure drops and lower flooding points, as the increased flows reduced space for gas flow in the column.

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    This document describes an experiment on gas absorption in an absorption column. The main purpose is to study how the air and water flow rates affect the flooding point. The procedure involves setting the water flow rate while gradually increasing the air flow rate until flooding occurs, then repeating with a fixed air flow rate while increasing the water flow rate. Results showed that higher flow rates of both air and water led to higher pressure drops and lower flooding points, as the increased flows reduced space for gas flow in the column.

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    Unit Operation Lab Report

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    Josephine Wong Sian Chee
    This document describes an experiment on gas absorption in an absorption column. The main purpose is to study how the air and water flow rates affect the flooding point. The procedure involves setting the water flow rate while gradually increasing the air flow rate until flooding occurs, then repeating with a fixed air flow rate while increasing the water flow rate. Results showed that higher flow rates of both air and water led to higher pressure drops and lower flooding points, as the increased flows reduced space for gas flow in the column.

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    TITLE

    EXPERIMENT 6 :ABSORPTION COLUMN UNIT

    LECTURER

    NOOR SABRINA BINTI AHMAD MUTAMIN

    MATRIC NO

    NAME

    KA12117

    CHOY MUN FONG

    KA12083

    WIDAD NAJIHAH BINTI ADANAN

    KE12056

    JOSEPHINE WONG SIAN CHEE

    KE12027

    NUR HANISAH BINTI ZAHARI

    ABSTRACT
    Absorption column is one of the separation techniques that involve liquid and vapor.
    One or more component of a gas mixture can be separated when a certain liquid
    flow through it counter-currently. The liquid absorbs the components and mass
    transfer process which separates the components from gas mixture occurs. Packed
    material is used to increase the contact surface area in absorption process which
    enhances the efficiency and shortens the duration of the process.
    Gas absorption is a an example of a topic which does not fall entirely within the
    province of either the chemist or engineer because it requires the simultaneous
    consideration of molecular diffusion, fluid mechanics and chemical reaction kinetics.
    Therefore the main purpose of this experiment is to study gas absorption in
    absorption column, determine the effect of air flow rate and water flow rate on
    flooding point in an absorption column and explain the relationship between water
    and air flow rate changes and their effect on pressure drop of an absorption column.
    The general procedure of this experiment was started by make sure the valves for
    right column are opened. Secondly, the water flow rate was set at 2.5 L/min air flow
    rate at 100L/min and leaved for 5 minutes. The data for pressure drop was taking
    every 5 minutes. This step was repeating by increasing air flow rate by 10L/min until
    the flooding point was observed. The next step, repeated the same step by
    maintaining the air flow rate at 100L/min and the water flow rate was adjusted by 2,

    2.5, 3, 3.5 L/min.The experiment was stopped when the flooding point started to
    occur at the top of absorption colum
    From the result comparison, it showed that the higher the flow rates of water the
    higher the pressure drop. As we kept increased the flow rate, the pressure needs
    the air to overcome the water flowing from the top. For the air flow rate, it also
    showed that the higher the air flow rate, the higher the pressure drop. This is
    because the water fills up the absorption column and there is reduce in the space
    for air flow. The flooding point decreases with the increases of the water flow rate
    which indicates that the faster the water flow rate, the lesser the flooding point.
    As a conclusion, the highest water flow rate to achieve the flooding point was at
    130 L/min and for the air flow rate was at 3.5 L/min. The flooding point decreases
    when the flow rate decreases. This proves that the theory is similar with the
    outcome of this experiment.

    1.0 PROCEDURE

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