STRIPPING

PRESENTED BY
ABDUL RASHEED

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STRIPPING :
LECTURE : 10
 CONTENTS

 Introduction
 Purpose/applications/uses of stripping
 Principle of stripping
 Stripping agents
 Factors effecting strippers/stripping variables
 Stripping equipments
 Types of the strippers
 Tray column strippers
 Packed column strippers
 Material
 Construction of packed columns/ towers
 Monitoring
 Strippers at plant
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 INTRODUCTION

Stripping
 Stripping is a technique for removing volatile components in a mixture by
bubbling a stream of a chemically unreactive gas through the sample.
 It Is a physical separation process where one or more components are removed
from a liquid stream by a vapor stream
Principle of stripping
 Stripping works on the basis of mass transfer phenomenon
 In industrial applications the liquid and vapor streams can have co-current or
counter current flows

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 PURPOSE OF STRIPPING

Purpose of Stripping
 It is commonly used in industrial applications to remove harmful or to gain pure
products
 CO2 and NH3 from urea reactor effluent by 26 ATA saturated stream in the urea
stripper.
 Removal of CO2 & NH3 from the waste water by means of L.S steam in
distillation column (C - I02).
 Volatile organic compound are partially soluble in water
 These compounds can be present because of industrial, agricultural, and
commercial activity and must be removed from :
 Ground water , Surface water , Waste water

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 STRIPPERS CONSTRUCTION

Towers / Column
 Consist of a vertical column with Liquid flowing inlet at the top and outlet at
the bottom
 Vapors phase enters in bottom of the column and exits at top
 Inside of the column are trays or plates
 These trays force the liquid to flow back and forth horizontally while the vapor
bubbles up through holes to the next trays
 The purpose of these trays is to increase the contact area between the liquid
and vapor phases

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 STRIPPING AGENTS
Stripping agents
 Steam
 Air
 Inert gases
 Hydrocarbon gases

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 STRIPPING AGENTS

Stripping agents are based on

 Solubility
 Stability
 Degree of corrosiveness
 Availability
 As stripping agents are gases, for efficient operation needed the highest
temperature and lowest pressure

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 FACTORS EFFECTING ON STRIPPERS

The variables and design considerations for strippers are many,

among them are:
 The entering conditions
 The degree of recovery of the solute needed
 The choice of the stripping agent
 Its flow
Temperature
 High will favor the process
Pressure
 low will favor the process
 The number of stages
 The types and size of the equipment

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 STRIPPING EQUIPMENTS

Stripping Column 
 Stripping Column is a chemical equipment used for physical separation,
where one or more components are removed from a liquid stream by a
vapor stream.
 In industrial applications, the liquid and vapor streams can have co-current
or countercurrent flows.
 STRIPPING EQUIPMENTS

Volatile Organic Compound = VOC

 STRIPPING EQUIPMENTS

Stripping is mainly conducted in

 Tray towers (plate columns)
 Sieve type tray columns
 Valve type tray columns
 Bubble cap type tray columns
 Packed columns

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 STRIPPING EQUIPMENTS

Types of the strippers

Tray column strippers
 Force a rising vapor to bubble through a pool of descending liquid
Packed column strippers
 Creates a surface for liquid to spread The thin liquid film has a high surface
area of mass-transfer between the liquid and vapor

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 TRAY COLUMN STRIPPERS

 Purification of a liquid by
stripping
 Purifying of a liquid by
changing liquid to vapor and
back to liquid

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TRAY COLUMN STRIPPERS

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TRAY COLUMN STRIPPERS

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TRAY COLUMN STRIPPERS
TRAY COLUMN STRIPPERS
 PACKED COLUMN STRIPPERS

Packed column strippers

 Similar to tray columns that liquid and vapor flows enter and exit in the same
manner
 The difference is in packed towers , no trays
 Instead of trays , packing is used to increase contact area between the liquid
and vapor phases
 There are many different types of packing used and each one has advantages
and disadvantages
 Packing in the column supplies greatest surface area possible & least
pressure drop to gas
 packed columns are commonly used in low pressure and/or for high capacity
systems

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 MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS

Packed Column Material Requirements

 It must be chemically inert to the fluid
 It must be strong without excessive weight
 It must contain adequate passages for both streams without excessive liquid
hold up or pressure drop
 It must be reasonable in cost
 FILLING PATTERN OF THE STRIPPERS

Filling pattern of the strippers

Structured packing :
 Can be used similar to trays
 Structured packing is a common method to increase the capacity for separation
or to replace damaged one
Tray strippers :
 Advantageous because of ease of design and scale up
 PACKED COLUMN STRIPPERS

Construction of packed towers :

 Cylindrical shell
 Regular shaped packing bodies
 Grating plate for packing material
 Liquid distribution device
 Re-distributor for liquid
During operation, monitoring the pressure drop across the column
can help to determine the :
 Performance of the stripper
 A changed pressure drop over a significant range of time can be an
indication that the packing may need to be replaced or cleaned
 STRIPPERS AT PLANT
E-101 stripper at urea stripper :
 In the stripping process a gas stream , either CO2 in the Stamicarbon
Process or NH3 in the Snamprogetti Process is used to aid in separating
NH3 , CO2 from the urea product
 Reactor out let enters the top section of the stripper at 180c through ferrules
for even distribution and to make liquid of uniform thickness on inner surface
of the tubes
 The climbing ( driving )gas imparts a mechanical stripping action on the down
coming solution
 High NH3 , CO2 ratio in reactor provides sufficient ammonia to carry out this
stripping process
 The heat supplied by 26 ATA saturated steam to the tubes releases ammonia
which climbs up through the tubes in counter flow with the down coming
solution
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 STRIPPERS AT PLANT

In Column C- 102 at urea plant :

 Waste water collected from vacuum section is treated to hydrolyze urea into
NH3 , CO2
 W.W is fed to C-102 column after pre heating with out going W.W. stream
 L.s is introduced in the column bottom for stripping action
 Feed from the middle of the column is taken and sent to the hydrolyser R-102
which operates at 36 ATA & 235 0c
 The hydrolyzed solu. is sent back into the column for NH3 , CO2 recovery
 Vapors from hydrolyser R-102 top are combined with the vapors from C -1o2
column top and condensed in the condenser E – 117
 The uncondensed gasses/ inerts are vented while solution from condenser is
collected in accumulator and recycled to L.P recovery by means of MP -115 ;
then to M.P ; then to H.P section
 Bottom w.w. free of NH3 , CO2 sent to utility section for use as deminralzsed
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water or steam generation purpose
 STRIPPERS AT PLANT

Process condensate stripper C-351(ammonia Plant) :

 The process condensate separated from ( K . O . D ) V-304, V-305, and V-
311 is sent to C-351 ,where NH3 , CO2 and CH3OH in the condensate are
separated off by stripping action of the L.S steam
 The condensate is introduced above tray no.20 while steam is introduced at
the bottom
 The flow of L.P steam is stripped off with NH3 , CO2 and CH3OH at the top
and is vented to the atmosphere
 The bottom condensate from C-351 free of NH3 , CO2 and CH3OH can be
sent to the DMN water or cooling water or E-POND systems depending on
the laboratory results
 STRIPPERS AT PLANT

CO2 Stripper C-301 at ammonia Plant :

 The process gas from LTS is introduced in the absorber C-302
 Lean solution of KHCO3 (already prepared present ) in stripper C-301 bottom
 Lean solution of KHCO3 from stripper C-301 bottom is introduced as cold
absorbent at top and hot absorbent at middle to absorber C-302 for CO2
absorption
 Now absorber C-302 bottom becomes rich with CO2 that will be feed at top of
stripper C-301 for separation and absorber C-302 top rich with N2 and H2 is
separated as synthesis gas
 L.S steam is injected in stripper C-301 at middle that will strip off CO2 from top
 Stripper C-301bottom (free of CO2 is regenerated )as lean solution of KH CO3
is ready to go to absorber C-302 for next cycle
 H=74%,N=24 %
99% CO2 to urea plant

Process description

C-302 -
C-301 COLD B/F LEAN ABSORBER
STRIPPER SOLUTION

HOT B/F

From LTS
R-205
40%
XP-301 60 %
E.CONSERVATION T

B/F RICH
B/F LOW HEAT
PROJECT
BLHP SOLUTION
MP-301A/B