Question: 2. Exhaust from a process is contaminated with 600 ppm of benzene. The exhaust is passed through two parallel absorption beds filled with activated

2. Exhaust from a process is contaminated with 600 ppm of benzene.

 

2. Exhaust from a process is contaminated with 600 ppm of benzene. The exhaust is passed through two parallel absorption beds filled with activated carbon at a rate of 1600 cubic meters per minute at 33C and 1 atm. Only one absorption bed is used at a time while the other is regenerated, and each is run for 3 hours before it is regenerated. Assuming that 99% of the benzene is captured in the absorption beds, how much activated carbon is in each bed? Benzene has a molecular weight of 78 g/mol, and each gram of activated carbon absorbs 0.2 L atm grams of benzene. The gas constant is 0.082- g mol K

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