Chemical Engineering & Technology, Vol.26, No.1, 75-80, 2003
Effect of ethylene glycol on the CO2/water gas-liquid mass transfer process
The effect caused by the presence of ethylene glycol on the gas-liquid mass transfer velocity Of CO2 in a aqueous phase has been studied. In this study two different gas-liquid contactors have been used, a bubbling stirred reactor and a flat surface stirred vessel. The first contactor, gas phase, was introduced using a porous bubbling plate. The influence of operational variables, stirring rate, gas flow rate and ethylene glycol concentration were studied. The experiments were carried out at 298.15 K using a semicontinuous regime. The final aim was to obtain empirical equations that allow the calculation of the mass transfer velocity for this system a priori.