Absorption - Introduction to Carbon Capture and Sequestration - page 171

(a) (b)

downcomer

liquid

vapor

froth

liquid

vapor

sieve plate

foam

liquid

(c)

Figure 5.2.2 Different plate designs
(a) A single tray from a plate tower.
(b) A single tray from a plate tower: Each tray consists of a fl at plate with holes and a
weir to manage liquid solvent fl ow.
(c) The liquid is fl owing down the column from one plate to another, while the gas is
fl owing through the holes in the plates.

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