APPLICATION OF HYDROGELS IN DRYING OPERATION

The purpose of this work is investigation of hydrogels as a humidity absorbents for drying of natural gas and oil products ex. gasoline and kerosene. In industries, absorption operation selection is related to absorption capacity of solids and its recoverability. In this work, one type of hydrogels with the commercial name A-100 and particle diameter 35<mesh<60 (micron) has been investigated. This type of hydrogel, is one of the strong absorbents. In this study, absorbent recoverability, the amount of humidity absorption and absorption kinetic have been considered.