COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN MODULE ON GAS ABSORPTION COLUMN USING SHERWOOD & HOLLOWAY METHOD

Abstract

Computer Aided Design [CAD] is the result of applying advanced computer technology to problems of engineering and production design. This work, a CAD modules was developed for the calculation of gas absorption column, diameter and height, where water was taken as the solute free solvent and 802 as the. solute gas. The solute gas is in dilute mixture with air and both phases flow counter-currently with the gas pumped from the bottom of the column and the Liquid from the top. The modules used a data based (databank) for packings and some physical properties of both phases (Liquid and Gas phase,s). This capacity was tested by varying packing materials, temperature and percentage of the flooding velocity. The result obtained from the module makes provision for optimization of design parameter varying design specification.