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Simulation of carbon dioxide absorption process by aqueous monoethanolamine in a microchannel in annular flow pattern

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The process of carbon dioxide absorption by aqueous monoethanolamine solvent was simulated in a microchannel in an annular flow pattern. This simulation has been carried out as a multiphase and three-dimensional process. The effects of different operating parameters such as temperature, superficial gas and liquid velocities, aspect ratio, and concentrations of solvent and solute have been investigated on the mass transfer flux and carbon dioxide conversion. The results of simulating mass transfer flux based on the calculated mass transfer coefficient were well consistent with the experimental data. The result of this study indicated that the mass transfer flux shall increase with the superficial gas and liquid velocities, temperature, concentration of solvent, and increment in the aspect ratio. It also revealed that increasing the concentration of solute would lead to an increase in the mass transfer flux and a decrease in the conversion.

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Firuzi, S., Sadeghi, R. Simulation of carbon dioxide absorption process by aqueous monoethanolamine in a microchannel in annular flow pattern. Microfluid Nanofluid 22, 109 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-018-2135-4

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