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Packed Vacuum Column Sizing

This document contains technical specifications and performance checks for the design of a vacuum column. It includes the mass flow rates of components, heat transfer coefficients, dimensions of the column, depth of packing, and checks that the design passed one requirement but failed another. It also lists references for packed tower design.

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Packed Vacuum Column Sizing

This document contains technical specifications and performance checks for the design of a vacuum column. It includes the mass flow rates of components, heat transfer coefficients, dimensions of the column, depth of packing, and checks that the design passed one requirement but failed another. It also lists references for packed tower design.

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Empirical Corelation

For Vacuum Column


See
Table 6-4 d 2 ft
Gi 401 lb/h
pg 3
Li 300 lb/h
A 1 ft²
Check#1 Passed
Check#2 Failed
Design Possible NO

Overall
Volumetric
Heat
Transfer
Coefficient Uv 0.27869912473552 Btu/(hr.ft³.F)

diameter column(section) 9.5 ft


LMTD(Pump Around Heat Exchanger) 7.63 F
Q(Heat Exchanged) 1.38E+07 Btu/hr
Packing Depth(Z) 91780.5247976798 ft

Actual Depth y = 1.6986x - 3.0772 ft


Actual Depth(Section) 155895.322221339 ft
Actual Depth(Section) via 15% Oversizing 105547.603517332 ft
Ref:Packed Tower Design and Applications Random and structured packings by Ralph F. Strigle
gs by Ralph F. Strigle
Ref:Packed Tower Design and Applications Random and structured packings by Ralph F. Strigl
red packings by Ralph F. Strigle
Effective Depth Actual Depth
Actu
4.01 4
16
4.65 5
5.6 6.1 14
f(x) = 1.69859437557746 x −
6 7 12 R² = 0.996381205787941
6.5 8
10
7.25 9
7.7 10 8
8.38 11 6
8.8 12
4
9.48 13
9.9 14 2

0
3 4 5 6

Ref:Packed Tower Design and Applications Random and structured packings by Ralph F. Strigl
Actual Depth

f(x) = 1.69859437557746 x − 3.07718016149523


R² = 0.996381205787941

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

d packings by Ralph F. Strigle

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