Question: For Exercise 6.16, if a flow rate of 40,000 gpm of octane is used to carry out the absorption in a sieve-tray column using 24-in.

For Exercise 6.16, if a flow rate of 40,000 gpm of octane is used to carry out the absorption in a sieve-tray column using 24-in. tray spacing, a weir height of 2.5 in., and holes of 1/4-in, diameter, determine for a foaming factor of 0.80 and a fraction flooding of 0.70:

(a) The column diameter based on conditions near the bottom of the column.

(b) The vapor pressure drop per tray.

(c) Whether weeping will occur.

(d) The entrainment rate.

(e) The fractional decrease in EMv due to entrainment.

(f) The froth height in the downcomer.

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