HCl is being absorbed from two air streams into water in a countercurrent staged laborator

absorber at 10C and a pressure of 2.0 atm. Feed rate of gas feed 1 is 1.0 kmol/h of total g
this gas is 20 mol% HCl. Feed rate of gas feed 2 is 0.5 kmol/h of total gas, and this gas is 5
HCl. The entering water is pure. The outlet gas should be 0.002 mole fraction HCl. Equilibri
data are given below. Use the optimum feed locations for both gas feeds.
Note: Use ratio units. If careful with units, the liquid units can be in mass and the gas units
moles, which is effectively the form of the equilibrium data. Derive the operating equation
external mass balances to determine where to include the molecular weight of HCl (36.46).
Because HCl has a very large heat of absorption in water, the column will have to be well-c
to maintain the temperature at 10C. Commercial units are not isothermal.
a. Find the minimum water flow rate required.
b. If L = 0.4 kg water/h, find the outlet liquid concentration, the number of stage
(including a fractional number of stages) and the optimum feed location for gas
grams HCL/g water
0
0.087
0.1905
0.316
0.47
0.563
0.667
0.786

HCL partial pressure, mmHg

0
0.000583
0.016
0.43
11.8
56.4
233
840

current staged laboratory

1 is 1.0 kmol/h of total gas, and
tal gas, and this gas is 5 mol%
ole fraction HCl. Equilibrium

n mass and the gas units in

the operating equation and
ar weight of HCl (36.46).
mn will have to be well-cooled

, the number of stages required

feed location for gas feeds 1 and 2.