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Equipment for Engineering Education & Research

GAS ABSORPTION UNIT

MODEL: BP 751

HE Gas Absorption Unit (Model: BP 751-B) is a floor standing pilot scale unit developed primarily
for teaching, training and research on the basic and advanced principles of gas absorption. It is
suitable for demonstration on the absorption of gas from a gas mixture (e.g. CO2-air) into a liquid
solvent in packed columns. The unit comes complete with a column packed with Raschig ring, a feed tank,
a feed pump, a differential pressure measurement and flow measurements for the gases and liquid streams.
Students shall be able to study the hydrodynamic of the pack columns as well as the effects of various process
parameters on the absorption efficiency.

This unit is designed to operate at atmospheric

conditions in a continuous operation. During the
absorption process the soluble components of a gas
mixture are dissolved in a liquid phase. The gas
mixture and liquid solvent will flow counter-currently
among the column packings. This will enable the
contacting and development of interfacial surface
between the gas and liquid phases, through which

mass transfer can take place. In this unit the

solvent is circulated from a sump tank using a
centrifugal pump into the top of the absorption
column. Pure gas is mixed with air at the desired
composition before being fed into the bottom of
the selected column. Counter-current flow among
the packings will cause the transfer of gas from the
air mixture into the solvent.
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Capacity: 150 L/hr
Electrical requirement: 220-240VAC/1-phase/
50Hz

The unit has the following special features, which are

of particular value in training and research situations:

4. Instrumentations
a) Flow measurements for the following
fluids:
Water: 1 10 L/min (1 unit)
Air: 20 200L/min (2 units)
Gas: 2 20 L/min (1 unit)

EXPERIMENTAL CAPABILITIES
Gas absorption in packed column using liquid
solvents.
Mass and energy balance calculations for the
absorption process.
Determination of the absorption coefficient and
number of theoretical stages.
Effect of gas/liquid flow rates and composition on
the absorption efficiency.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
1. Absorption column
Size: DN80
Height: 1.5 m
Effective packing height: 1.3m
Material: borosilicate glass
Packings: 8 x 8 mm glass Raschig rings
Inlet and outlet connections for counter current
gas and liquid flow
2. Receiving Vessels
50-L cylindrical tank made of borosilicate glass
Qty: 2 units
Equipped with charge ports/sampling points and
venting
3. Circulation pump
Magnetic drive centrifugal pump

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Instrumentations to allow for data collection and

analysis.
Glass columns permit good visual monitoring of
the process.
Sampling points are provided for composition
analysis.

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The lean air mixture will exit at the top of the column
whereas the gas rich solvent will flow out from the
bottom of the column back into the sump tank.

5. Framework
Stainless steel pipe framework comes with
diecasting clamps and supports
A permanent platform is attached to the
framework for observation and maintenance of
the system.
OPTIONAL ITEMS

-EI
DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATIONS
i)

3 units of electronic flow meters with digital

indicators for water, air and gas.
ii) Online monitoring of carbon dioxide gas
concentration
iii) Temperature
indicators
(inclusing
thermocouple)

OPTIONAL ITEMS

- DAS
SOLDAS DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM
i) A PC with latest Pentium Processor
ii) An electronic signal conditioning system
iii) Stand alone data acquisition modules
iv) Windows based software
Data logging
Signal analysis
Process control
Real-time display

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REQUIREMENTS
Electricity
: 250VAC/1-Phase/50Hz
Water
: Laboratory mains supply
Compressed Air: Laboratory main supply or air
compressor
Consumable : Carbon dioxide

OVERALL DIMENSION
Height
Width
Depth

: 4.60 m
: 2.00 m
: 1.00 m

MANUAL
The unit will be supplied with operating and
experimental manuals in English giving full
descriptions of the unit, summary of theory,
experimental procedures and typical results.

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SOLCAL COMPUTER AIDED LEARNING SOFTWARE
i) Interactive multimedia features
ii) Graphical simulation
iii) Experiment results samples
iv) Full experiment manuals

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SOFTWARE & E-LEARNING

Our range of teaching equipment can be complemented with our
SOLDAS and SOLCAL software.

SOLDASTM - Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition

- Data Logging
- Signal Analysis
- Process Control
- Real-Time Display
- Tabulated Results
- Graph of Experiment Results

SOLCALTM - Computer Aided Learning

- Multimedia Features
- Interactive
- Graphic Simulation
- Samples of Experiment Result
- Full Experiment Manuals

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SOLUTION ENGINEERING SDN. BHD. (Co. No. 174876-M)

A wholly-owned subsidiary of ACE Market listed, SOLUTION ENGINEERING HOLDINGS BERHAD
Sales Office :
No.3, Jalan TPK 2/4, Taman Perindustrian Kinrara,
47100 Puchong, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Tel. No. : +(603) 8075 8000
Fax. No. : +(603) 8075 5784
Email
: solution@solution.com.my
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