Vice President for Grants and Contracts

Proposal

PACKED TOWER

Submitted

Vice President for Grants and Contracts

Universal Research and Technology

Gittenger Hall, Suite 214

760 Van Vleet Oval

Norman, OK 73019

By

Yin-Kei Jones

Chief Researcher

Gastech Chemical Solutions Inc.

April 8, 1999

INTRODUCTION

Conocom Petroleum Company utilizing Jager Tri-Packs®, packing tower by Jager Corp., for 20 years. Packing tower experienced exhaustion and problems, low efficiency and as high-energy. Conocom Petroleum Company seeking best solution to overcome problems.

Gastech Chemical Solutions, Inc., proposes Sulzer BX, packing tower design by Delta, Inc., instead Jager Tri-Packs®. New technology manufactured to solve problems with old technology, and provide performance in number of applications. Sulzer BX minimizes flooding and maximum carbon dioxide. Sulzer BX packing tower higher gas capacity than random packing towers, and increases contact between liquid and gas.

Packing widely accepted high gas capacity compared to random packing towers. Sulzer BX more economical in comparison to packing tower. Performance from structured packing tower, Sulzer BX, obtained with design of auxiliary equipment, liquid and gas distributors, and mist-eliminator systems.

Delta, Inc., successfully supplied Sulzer BX Structured Packing Tower over one hundred jobs. Combination of proprietary products with unique features provide performance in gas-absorption operations.

Project proposed by Gastech perform experiment to look at and compare performances of random packing tower to the structured packing tower. Final report furnished inform results. Purpose of proposal provide Conocom Petroleum Company of the technical, management, and cost.

TECHNICAL

Conocom Petroleum Company low efficiency as well as the high energy and raw materials consumption of their packing tower. Gastech Chemical Solutions, Inc., use Sulzer BX, a structured packing tower, instead for Jager Tri-PacksÒ. Performances of two types packing towers, experiment study pressure drops and mass transfer across tower. Graphs pressure drops tower vs. gas flow rate study flooding and loading points, then employed mass transfer CO2 from air into water. Amount CO2 transferred to water provide mass transfer coefficient, performance of a packing. Experiment five phases: assembling apparatus and experiment, collecting data experiment, recording data, data analysis, and final report.

Phase 1 Assembling the Apparatus

Apparatus, Figure 1, set up experiment. Vertical cylindrical column, “packed column,” 6” ID Corning glass pipe, and most important experiment. Equipped liquid inlet and gas outlet top, and gas inlet and liquid outlet bottom. Top column structured packing tower, and bottom random packing tower.

FIGURE 1: EXPERIMENTAL SETUP

Packed column, water flows down, droplets packing elements. Same time, air/CO2 flows up wet packing, contacting liquid.

After set up, pump 1 on push water top tower. Outlet valve rotameter opened flow rate. Air/CO2 flow up column. Air flow rate decrease throttle up inlet valve rotameter. Provide contact water air/CO2.

Phase 3 Mass Transfer Experiment

Mass transfer experiment phase. Experiment same as Phase 2, except CO2 added air. Liquid flow rates varied from 2.0 to 9.0 GPM. Composition of CO2 in air tested gas chromatography.

Phase 5 Preparing the Final Report

Results complete, final report. Final report about objective, apparatus, procedures, results and discussions, conclusions, and recommendations experiment.

MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL

Personnel Responsibilities

Mr. Paul E. Hannesson, Chairman of the Board, work consultant project. He oversee the project and budget. Dr. Yin-Kei Jones, Chief Researcher, supervise and plan project. Dr. Chung, Assistant Researcher, assist Dr. Yin-Kei Jones duties. Ms. Shelly Poddar, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing, purchases raw materials and equipment, and buying and expediting assignments. Mr. Winston Ho, Senior Vice President in Technology, do system designs, troubleshooting, and choosing proper equipment project. He also find instead products needed select favorable price and quality. Mr. John Wickersham, Senior Chemical Engineer, assisted by two graduate students-- Tarun Poddar and Samir Kalini. Them analyze and interpret experimental results. Helping Mr. John Wickersham, Tarun Poddar and Samir Kalini also running experiment and collect data pressure drops experiment and mass transfer analysis, under Mr. John Wickersham. They prepare graphs and document results final report. Hierarchy of responsibilities person shown Figure 2.

Ms. Shelly Poddar

Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing

FIGURE 2: ORGANIZATIONAL CHART GASTEACH CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS INC.

Program Plan

The project is scheduled to take 28 working days. The project will begin on May 5, 1999, and will be completed by June 1, 2003. The milestone chart for the project is shown in Figure 3.

Phase 1 -
Assembling the Apparatus

FIGURE 3: MILESTONE CHART

COST PROPOSAL

Total cost project $30,900. Breakdown cost worker’s level expertise Table 1.

TABLE 1: COST BY LEVEL OF EXPERTISE

Breakdown of cost by phases and sub-phases project in Table 2.

TABLE 2: COST BY PHASES

$ 2,000
$ 1,000
$ 1,000
$ 1,800
$ 500
$ 100
$ 100
$13,000

Total cost $30,600. Total cost, $10,000 due signing contract, $15,000 at the end, $6,000 due deliver final report. Cash.

OFFEROR’S CAPABILITIES

Gas Tech Chemical Solutions Inc. was founded in 1969 by Prof. Boon, a renowned faculty member on sabbatical from the University of Georgia. It started on a small scale, and has now grown into a huge company with more than 500 employees and 50 well-equipped laboratories. The research activities of Gastech Chemical Solutions, Inc., are aimed at studying and improving the efficiency of packed towers. The ultimate goal of its research effort is to contribute to the development of a process technology that will meet more stringent technical requirements with respect to sustainability of raw materials and energy as well as safety and environmental protection. A growth rate exceeding 100% per year has twice made Gastech Chemical Solutions, Inc., one of the 500 fastest-growing companies in the United States. In addition, Gastech Chemical Solutions, Inc., has been honored with the Entrepreneur of the Year and Incubator Graduate of the Year awards. The Gastech Chemical Solutions Inc.’s research team that is composed of Mr. Paul E. Hannesson, Dr. Yin-Kei Jones, Dr. Chung, Ms. Shelly Poddar, Mr. Winston Ho, Mr. John Wickersham, Tarun Poddar, and Samir Kalini is the work force behind the success of Gastech Chemical Solutions, Inc. Mr. Paul E. Hannesson, Chairman of the Board, has been very devoted to contributing his energy and knowledge to Gastech for 25 years. Following his graduation from the University of Illinois, Mr. Hannesson soon joined Gastech Chemical Solutions, Inc., as a Process Engineer. He has earned a fine reputation in the mass transfer field due to several remarkable projects since his service at the company.

Dr. Yin-Kei Jones, Chief Researcher, has been a researcher for 10 years. She is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and worked for Du Point Corp. before joining Gastech Chemical Solutions Inc.. She has been a key role in Gastech Chemical Solutions, Inc.’s, research team, and has achieved several breakthroughs in this research area.

Dr. Chung has been a Project Engineer in Gastech Chemical Solutions Inc. for 7 years. The success of the Lanzyme packed tower change-out project has proved his talents. Ms. Shelly Poddar, Senior Vice President in Sales & Marketing, graduated from the University of Texas with MBA degree, has been responsible for the budget management and financial documentation of the company. Mr. John Wickersham is a recent graduate from the University of Oklahoma and has been working on the development of Octa-Aqua-Flex containment pads for the past two years. He is also a member of the Board of Regents for the American Association of Chemical Engineers.

By tying together the leading-edge technology, outstanding personnel, and the state-of-the-art facilities, Gastech Solutions, Inc., is undoubtedly the best choice which can be found.

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