0.

9
in
C ig  C ig
out
depletion
0.8 actual
Dimensionless CO2 gas outlet concentration (Depletion)

in
C ig
0.7

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180

Liquid Flow Rate (cm3/s)

O ve ra ll M a ss Tra n sfe r C o ef c ie nt ( c m /s)

0.025

Simul ations
Polynomial
(Simulations)
0.02
Li terature

0.015

0.01

0.005

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180

Liquid flow rate (cm3/s)

 Geometry Details
Length 28cm volume liquid zone 0.0008513967
Shell Dia 8cm Gas Zone 0.0001056605
Avg Cartridge Dia (i.d.) 2.2cm surface area 0.043901931
Avg Cartridge Dia (o.d.) 5cm
no. of fibers 10200
porosity 40%
nominal fiber dia 0.03cm
Pressure Drop (Lumen-Shell0.2-0.5
Gas Composition 15% CO2, 85% N2

Gas composition
N2 85% 85%
CO2 15% 15%
Water Flow Rate 20cm3/s 160cm3/s
Gas Flow Rate 50Ncm3/s 50Ncm3/s #DIV/0!
Delta P 0.2 0.5
Permeability 2.00E-12 2.01E-12

CO2 Analysis
liquid flow rate (cm3/s) act inlet velocity (cm/s) mass fraction at liq inlet mass fraction at liq outlet
20 0.3159437873 0.001961747 0.009958925
40 0.6318875746 0.001961747 0.00584491
60 0.9478313618 0.001961747 0.0045514144
80 1.2637751491 0.001961747 0.003915189
100 1.5797189364 0.001961747 0.003492801
120 1.8956627237 0.001961747 0.00324942
140 2.211606511 0.001961747 0.003059492
160 2.5275502983 0.001961747 0.002907074
 3.39E-06
0.000105661 2.76E-05
2.42E-05
8.77E-01

0.0193168

Actucal
0.9
0.49
0 0.36
0.3
15.1976
3.2899931568
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!

H=1.64*10+3 (CO2) (25 degree celcius)

CiL* 6.72E+00

Cgin Cg out Difference Depletion Actual Literature error Cig

28.387086 144.10872596 115.7216399 0.803016189 0.8 -0.3770236 0.00410233
28.387086 84.577656066 56.19057003 0.664366603 0.64 -3.8072817 0.00410233
28.387086 65.860374538 37.4732885 0.568980799 0.54 -5.3668146 0.00410233
28.387086 56.653996157 28.26691012 0.498939387 0.47 -6.1573164 0.00410233
28.387086 50.541911113 22.15482508 0.438345614 0.42 -4.3680034 0.00410233
28.387086 47.020112743 18.63302671 0.396277797 0.375 -5.6740793 0.00410233
28.387086 44.271795821 15.88470978 0.358799762 0.33 -8.7272005 0.00410233
28.387086 42.066260204 13.67917417 0.325181609 0.31 -4.8972931 0.00410233
concentration
Depletion Liquid flow rate
0.79 20
0.4 80
0.32 120
0.25 160

Cilin* CilOut Cilout* (ΔC)lm Koverall Klit

6.72781464 0.003997177 6.55537 6.639238 0.00274272 0.003
6.72781464 0.00387944 6.362282 6.541442 0.005403459 0.0059
6.72781464 0.003755496 6.159013 6.437404 0.007973044 0.0081
6.72781464 0.003667694 6.015018 6.362998 0.010503588 0.011
6.72781464 0.003542709 5.810043 6.256028 0.012898915 0.0137
6.72781464 0.003439775 5.641231 6.166958 0.015246027 0.0161
6.72781464 0.003339995 5.477592 6.079738 0.017518841 0.0181
6.72781464 0.003246488 5.32424 5.997181 0.019728905 0.0205
L 0.708371
D 2.30E-09
di 3.20E-03
Eq conc(mol/m3) 0.265
Eq Mass fraction 8.57E-06
Area 7.12E-03
Sc 4.50E+02
Dc 0.263709

80 0.003915189
0.00324942
0.002907074
17.11111
b pitch of the coil (m)
d diameter (m)
C dissolved oxygen concentration (ppm)
De Dean number
De' Dean number modified by the pitch
K mass transfer coefficient (m/s)
L length of hollow fibers (m)
m phase equilibrium constant
n pressure drop vs. velocity exponent
Δp pressure drop (Pa)
Q volumetric flowrate (m3/s)
Re Reynolds number
S membrane surface area (m2)
Sc Schmidt number
Sh Sherwood number
v velocity of liquid (m/s)
Subscripts
L liquid phase
M membrane
G gas phase
in module inlet
out module outlet
i internal
c coiled
s straight