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Physical-solvent CO2 removal, Rectisol's real solvent

CO2-laden syngas scrubbed by cold methanol — the real Rectisol solvent — then regenerated by a pressure letdown into a flash, no reboiler.

Cold methanol physical solvent, Rectisol's real chemistryPressure-letdown regeneration, no reboilerReal syngas duty (25% CO2), not pipeline natural gas
Raw syngas (H2/CO/CO2)
Cold methanol solvent
Absorber
Sweetened syngas
Letdown valve
Regeneration flash
CO2 offgas
Lean solvent

The actual dark-mode canvas: CO2-laden syngas scrubbed by cold methanol in an absorber, then the rich solvent regenerated by a pressure letdown into a flash — the same P&ID symbols you edit in the app.

Physical solvent, not chemical absorption

This is a screening-level Rectisol-style model, honestly scoped: it uses a generic Kremser-shortcut absorber (not the full Rectisol thermodynamics) and reports the regenerated solvent as a product stream rather than closing the recycle loop back onto the absorber feed — real, but not a rigorous Rectisol unit. Compare against the Acid Gas Treating page's mixed-amine process for the chemical-solvent alternative to this physical-solvent route.

Kremser shortcut absorption: yN+1y1yN+1y0=AN+1AAN+11\text{Kremser shortcut absorption: } \frac{y_{N+1} - y_1^*}{y_{N+1} - y_0^*} = \frac{A^{N+1} - A}{A^{N+1} - 1}
Physical solvent: CO2 solubility set by VLE, not a reactive equilibrium\text{Physical solvent: CO}_2\text{ solubility set by VLE, not a reactive equilibrium}
hin=hout(letdown throttle)    pressure-driven flash regenerationh_{in} = h_{out} \quad \text{(letdown throttle)} \;\rightarrow\; \text{pressure-driven flash regeneration}

Unit ops shipped for this vertical

Absorber (Kremser shortcut)

A specified equilibrium-stage count absorbing or stripping between two contacted streams.

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Throttle valve

Isenthalpic Joule-Thomson expansion — the same relation cryogenic JT liquefaction relies on.

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Flash drum

Single-stage vapor-liquid equilibrium split at a fixed temperature/pressure.

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Live plant integration

Stream absorber pressure and treated-gas CO2 slip from your unit's OPC-UA server into this flowsheet's twin comparison — deviations from the solved absorption are flagged automatically.

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Try it yourself

  • Cold methanol physical solvent, Rectisol's real chemistry
  • Pressure-letdown regeneration, no reboiler
  • Real syngas duty (25% CO2), not pipeline natural gas

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