Amine Scrubbing

with Aspen HYSYS®

Revised: Nov 26, 2012

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 Objectives

 Learn how to simulate a CO2 absorber column with

Aspen HYSYS

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 Background

 Combustion exhaust gas (flue gas) contains a large amount

of carbon dioxide. Capturing this carbon dioxide will lead to
lower greenhouse gas emissions, and the captured carbon
dioxide can be sold or repurposed.

 Gas-liquid absorption, also known as gas stream scrubbing,

can be used to remove carbon dioxide from flue gas using
monoethanolamine (MEA) as a solvent.

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 Problem Statement

Use Aspen HYSYS to simulate the process of removing carbon dioxide

from an exhaust gas stream via gas-liquid absorption.

-It is known that amine solvents have a theoretical loading of 0.5

moles of carbon dioxide for every mole of amine.

-Calculate the amount of MEA required to successfully remove the

carbon dioxide from a flue gas stream containing 10 mol% carbon
dioxide with a total flow rate of 1,000 tons/day.

-Assume an aqueous solvent stream with a mass fraction of 0.25 MEA

and a 20 stage absorber column.

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