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Abstract: A comprehensive mathematical model was developed to describe the performance of gas
liquid membrane contactor used for the removal of pollutant gas from natural gas. The model takes
into account the effect of mass, momentum and heat transfer. The model is validated with the
experimental results obtained from the removal of CO2 from CO2/CH4 gas mixture using custom made
polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane contactor. Aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was used
as the absorbent liquid. The effect of membrane packing density, inlet gas velocity and absorbent inlet
temperature on the membrane contactor performance was investigated. Increases of gas velocity
decreases percent removal of carbon dioxide, by contrast, increase of absorbent liquid temperature
increases percent removal of CO2. Comparison between experimental results and model predictions
were in good agreement.
hand side of the equation is the convection term. 2CNaOHtube 1 CNaOHtube 2CNaOHtube CNaOHtube
(13)
+ + + RNaOH = Vz tube
The steady state material balance for the transport DNaOH tube
r 2 r r z 2 z
of CO2 and CH4 in the shell side, where the gas
mixture flows may be written as: Reaction kinetics with NaOH
2 C CO2 shell 1 C CO2 shell 2 C CO2 shell RCO2 = kr CCO2 CNaOH (14)
DCO2 shell + + (2)
r 2 r r z 2 RNaOH = 2kr CCO2 CNaOH (15)
C CO2 shell
= V z shell
z
2CCH shell 1 CCH shell 2CCH shell CCH4 shell
2.2 Equations of motion
DCH4 shell 4
+ 4
+ 4
= Vzshell
(3)
r
2
r r z
2
z
Steady state Navier Stocks equations of motion are
1 used:
r3 = r2 (4)
1 Shell side (gas phase)
and is the volume void fraction of the module. r-direction:
vrs v p 1 2v (16)
g vrs + v zs rs = s + g (rvrs ) + 2rs
Boundary conditions: r z r r r r z
z 2
0.5 DCO2 tube
Membrane section
DSolventtube (m / s)
In the membrane section energy is transferred by CCO2 (mol / m3 ) 3.68
conduction
CNaOH (mol / m3 ) 500
1 Tm
0= r (21) Porosity, 0 .3
r r r Tortuosity, (2 ) /
Boundary conditions:
at r = r2 , in the shell side, Tm = Ts
at r = r1 , in the shell side, Tm = Tt
Figure 7 and Figure 8 show the model predictions Figure 9. Comparison between experimental
for the percent CO2 removal and CO2 flux versus results and model validations, dashed line is the
membrane dimensionless length at various gas inlet model predictions.
flow rates (the values in the legend are in ml/min),
respectively. Comparison between model
predictions and experimental data is shown in 4 Conclusion
Figure 9; the results were in good agreement with
model predictions. It can also be concluded that the A comprehensive mathematical model that
membrane is not wetted at experimental operating considers mass, momentum and heat transfer was
conditions (1 atm) and the model non-wetting successfully solved using COMSOL software
assumption is valid. The number of fibers used in package. As far as the comprehensive modeling is
the module is 6 fibers (26 cm active length), liquid considered, the gas phase temperature drop along
flow rate was fixed at 10 ml/min. the length of the fiber seems to be large; by
contrast, the temperature gradient in the absorbent
liquid phase is negligible. The CO2 absorption flux
increased with gas inlet flow rate. Further using gasliquid membrane contacting
investigation in this regard is needed. In addition, process. J. Membr. Sci. 304 (2007) 163
the pressure drop in both the gas and liquid phases 172.
need to be calculated. [10] S. Atchariyawut, C. Feng, R.Wang, R.
Jiraratananon, D.T. Liang, Effect of
membrane structure on mass-transfer in the
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