virk
Chemical
- Oct 14, 2003
- 58
We are trying to find out the design criteria for a heat exchanger which condenses carbon dioxide. What makes it somewhat tricky is the fact that a yet unknown small (0-10 mass percent) amount of hydogren will be in the gas flow, too. (Evaporating ammonia will provide the refrigeration)
There are a lot of topics to be considered like temperatures, pressures, load, shell&tube or plate HE, etc. but the topic why I am posting here is the presence of hydrogen which will "deteriorate" the condensation process.
1) Is there any experience/knowledge available, how the condenser should be designed to properly fight the non-condensable-problem of hydrogen?
2) Is there any experience/knowledge available about the corrosiveness of this fluid for example against "normal" carbon steel, some stainless steel, etc.
At this stage of this project I am just trying to collect some first information.
There are a lot of topics to be considered like temperatures, pressures, load, shell&tube or plate HE, etc. but the topic why I am posting here is the presence of hydrogen which will "deteriorate" the condensation process.
1) Is there any experience/knowledge available, how the condenser should be designed to properly fight the non-condensable-problem of hydrogen?
2) Is there any experience/knowledge available about the corrosiveness of this fluid for example against "normal" carbon steel, some stainless steel, etc.
At this stage of this project I am just trying to collect some first information.