DESIGN OF PERFORATED (SIEVE) TRAY AND COLUMN DIAMETER

LIQUID FLOW RATE GAS FLOW RATE LIQUID DENSITY GAS DENSITY SURFACE TENSION VISCOSITY OF GAS TRAY SPACING (t) VOL. LIQUID FLOW(q) HOLE DIAMETER PITCH (TRIANGULAR) %FLOODING PLATE THICKNESS g Input 12509.16 kg/hr 4626.39 kg/hr 1080 kg/m3 2.05 kg/m3 37.1 dyne/cm 0.0125 cp 20 inch 11.58 m3/hr 0.1875 inch 0.5 inch 80 0.078 inch 32.2 ft/s2 7.67E+00 2.84E+00 6.76E+01 1.28E-01 2.54E-03 8.40E-06 1.67E+00 1.14E-01 1.56E-02 4.17E-02 lb/s lb/s lb/ft3 lb/ft3 lb/ft lb (mass)/ft/s ft ft3/s ft ft

CALCULATION OF TOWER DIAMETER (d) (L/G)*(RHOG/RHOL)^0.5 a b CF VF V An 0.1178 0.1625 0.1006 0.2974 6.8204 ft/s 5.4563 ft/s 4.0542 ft2 for 0.01 to 0.1 use values at 0.1

For Ah/Aa

0.109

Assume, weir length(W)/Tower diameter(d) For which segmental area of one downspout is At d W Ad Aa Ah AT True Ah/Aa WEIR CREST (h1) h1/d W/d (W/Weff)^(2/3) h1 hW DRY PRESSURE DROP (hD) Co Vh Re f hD HYDRAULIC HEAD (hL) Va Z hL RESIDUAL PRESSURE DROP (hR) 1.3572 55.2909 ft/s 13189.4955 0.0080 From Graph 1.8875 in. liquid 4.4454 2.3791 1.6654 0.3912 3.6630 0.4001 3.6705 0.1092 ft2 ft ft ft2 ft2 ft2 ft2

0.7 8.8 % of the c/s of the tower diameter

725.1457 mm

Taking Ah/At 0.09 Total area of perforated sheet Compare with assumed and make it equal Assumed

1 inch 0.4203 0.7 1.08 0.9697 inch 2 inch

Enter from Fig. 6.10, Page Number 140, Trebal Check with assumed set weir height

6.0390 2.0222 0.6872 in. liquid

hR

0.1757 in. liquid

TOTAL GAS PRESSURE DROP (hG) hG 2.7504 in. liquid PRESSURE LOSS AT LIQUID ENTRANCE (h2) The downspout apron will be set at (hW - 0.5) The area for liquid flow under the apron Ada h2 BACKUP IN DOWNSPOUT (h3) h3 CHECK ON FLOODING Check (hW+h1+h3) WEEPING VELOCITY (Vhw) For W/d=0.7, the weir is set at Z Vhw DOWNSPOUT RESIDENCE TIME The volume of downspout tr ENTRAINMENT (E) V/VF (L/G)*(RHOG/RHOL)^0.5 E

1.5 above the tray 0.2082 ft2

Compare with Ad

0.2082 ft2 Select smaller of the above two 0.1660 in. liquid

2.9164 in. liquid

5.8861 in. liquid which should be less than (tray spacing/2)

10 inch

1.25 2.5 ft 8.3057 ft/s

ft from the center of the tower.

0.7172 ft3 6.3170 s

Superficial residence time of liquid in downspout

0.8 0.1178 0.028

ENTER CALCULATED VALUE IF IT IS LESS THAN 0.1 Enter from Fig. 6.11, page number 143,Trebal

Natations
a Aa Ad Ah An At AT Ada b Co CF d E f g G h1 h2 h3 hD hG hL hR hW L q Re t tr V constant Active area of tray = (At-2Ad) for cross flow trays, ft2/tray Downspout cross sectional area, ft2 Perforation area, ft2 Net tower cross sectional area for gas flow = At- Ad, ft2 Tower cross sectional area, ft2 Total area of perforated sheet, ft2 Smaller of the two areas, Ad or free area between downspout apron and tray, ft2 constant Orifice coeficient, for the range of ratio (plate thickness/hole diameter) = 0.2 to 2. Flooding constant for trays Tower diameter, ft Fractional entrainment, moles entrained liquid/moles(entrained liquid + net liquid flow) Fanning friction factor Acceleration due to gravity Gas mass flow rate, kg/hr Weir crest, in. Head loss due to liquid flow under downspout apron, in Backup of liquid in downspout, in. Dry plate gas pressure drop, as head of clear of liquid, in. Gas pressure drop for a perforated tray, as head of clear liquid, in. Gas pressure drop due to liquid hold up on tray, as head of clear liquid, in. Residual gas pressure drop, as head of clear liquid, in. weir height, in. Liquid mass flow, kg/hr Volumetric liquid flow, ft3/s Reynold number Tray spacing, in. Superficial residence time of liquid in downspout, s Velocity of gas through net tower area An, ft/s

Va VF Vh Vhw W Weff z Z

Velocity of gas through active tower area Aa, ft/s Velocity of gas through net tower area An, at flooding, ft/s Velocity of gas through perforations, ft/s Velocity of gas through perforations, at incipient weeping, ft/s Weir length, ft Effective weir length, ft Average flow width for liquid on a tray, ft Length of travel on a tray, ft

DESIGN OF PERFORATED (SIEVE) TRAY AND COLUMN DIAMETER

INPUT PARAMETER MAGNITUDE UNIT LIQUID FLOW RATE 12509.16 kg/hr GAS FLOW RATE 4626.39 kg/hr LIQUID DENSITY 1080 kg/m3 GAS DENSITY 2.05 kg/m3 SURFACE TENSION 37.1 dyne/cm VISCOSITY OF GAS 0.0125 cp TRAY SPACING (t) 20 inch VOL. LIQUID FLOW(q) 11.5826 m3/hr HOLE DIAMETER 0.1875 inch PITCH (TRIANGULAR) 0.5 inch %FLOODING 80 PLATE THICKNESS 0.078 inch g 32.2 ft/s2 OUTPUT PARAMETER FLOODING VELOCITY (VF) ACTUAL VELOCITY (V) TOWER CROSS SECTION (At) TOWER DIAMETER (d) WEIR LENGTH (W) WEIR HEIGHT (hW) AREA OF DOWNSPOUT (Ad) TOTAL GAS PRESSURE DROP (hG) CHECK ON FLOODING (Should be < 0.5*t) WEEPING VELOCITY (Vhw) DOWNSPOUT RESIDENCE TIME (tr) ENTRAINMENT MAGNITUDE 6.8204 5.4563 4.4454 2.3791 1.6654 2.0000 0.3912 2.7504 5.8861 8.3057 6.3170 0.0280 UNIT ft/s ft/s ft2 ft ft inch ft2 in. liquid in. liquid ft/s s