Methods For this work we used the algorithm from Heberto Tapias.

The algorithm consists in eighteen steps, where, we iterate until the change between the temperatures and number of ideal stages dont present significant variation. The first steps in the algorithm consist in to define the conditions and specifications in the tower, for this is necessary know the mixture of gas, the composition, the pressure, the temperature and if the tower is adiabatic or isothermal, for the mixture was necessary define the compound to absorb, according to the key compound is necessary define the absorber liquid and the temperature, composition and pressure too. As well was necessary defined the degree of separation, so we have:
% 1) Gas Mixture Conditions Yn1=[0.7] Methane Yn1_J=[0.12, 0.08, 0.04, 0.06] %Ethane, Propane, N-Butane, N-Pentane % 2) Distribution Coefficient Kk= 16804.7412 Key Compound Kj= [3136.61013, 1039.54318, 296.869955, 83.0192596] % 3) Specifications of the Absorbent Liquid To=25 %C P=101.325 %KPa Xo = 1 % 4) Unabsorbed Fraction of Methane = (700*0.2)/700

Where Kk is the distribution coefficient for our key compound and Kj is the distribution coefficient for not key compounds, in this case was used aspen for finding those coefficients, VN+1 IS the flow of gas and is the fraction no absorbed, we chose use 1.15 the minimum rate like a design factor. Now for determining of the operation liquid rate, it was used the value of the minimum liquid rate, as can be seen in the next relation:
% 5) Minimum Liquid Rate Lo_min = Kk*V_Yn1*(1-Phi_AK) % 6) Operation Liquid Rate Lo = 1.15*Lo_min %Kmol/hr

Then the algorithm continuous with the expressions for the factor of effective absorption and the number of ideal stages, and next it necessary calculate the separation for not key compounds, we omit the compounds that go in like liquids and gas-liquid in the flow gas because in our case only go in gases.
% 7) Effective Absorption Factor AeK = Lo/(Kk*V_Yn1) % Absorption Factor for key compound % 8) Ideal Stages N = (log10( ((AeK-1)/Phi_AK) + 1) / (log10(AeK)))- 1 % 9) Separation of Non-Key Compounds AeJ= Lo./(Kj.*V_Yn1) % Absorption Factor for non-key compounds Phi_AJ=(AeJ-1)./ ((AeJ.^(N+1))-1)

The flows in the outlet streams was calculated using:

% 10) Flows in the Outlet Streams l_NJ = (V_Yn1.*Yn1_J).*(1-Phi_AJ) v_1J = (V_Yn1.*Yn1_J).*(Phi_AJ) %Kmol/hr % 11) Global Outlet Streams V1=sum(v_1J)+0.2*70 %Kmol/hr L_N=sum(l_NJ)+0.8*70+Lo %Kmol/hr % 12) Flows Re-estimation V2=V1*( (V_Yn1/V1) ^ (1/N) ) L1=Lo+V2-V1 VN=V_Yn1*((V1/V_Yn1)^(1/N))

After all we recalculated the global flows in the top and the bottom of the tower taking into account the flow of liquid and methane like gas in the top and like liquid in the bottom. As our tower is adiabatic was necessary calculated the temperature of the liquid and gas in the output of the tower. We took the heat capacity like constant at 25C and a reference temperature for finding the enthalpies. We use the solve tool and the relations with enthalpies to find this temperatures. With both temperatures we recalculated the absorption factor for the key compound and the ideal number of stages.
% 14) Recalculate the Absorption Factor for Methane AKN=L_N/(16430.396*VN) AK1=L1/(16430.396*V1) AeK=((AKN*(AK1+1)+0.25)^(0.5))-0.5 % 15) Recalculate the Number of Stages N = (log10( ((AeK-1)/Phi_AK) + 1) / (log10(AeK)))- 1

With the distribution coefficient for the temperatures in the bottom and top respectively. And recalculate the number of ideal steps with the new factor of effective absorption. Was necessary recalculate the absorption factor for not key compounds, finally we recalculated the separation for not key compounds.
% 16) Recalculate the Absorption Factors Kj= [2840.37896, 902.165008, 244.202195, 64.3490548] AJN=L_N./(Kj*VN) AJ1=L1./(Kj*V1) AeJ=(AJN.*(AJ1+1)+0.25)-0.5 %17) Separation of Non-key Compounds Phi_AJ=(AeJ-1)./ ((AeJ.^(N+1))-1)