A plant is removing a trace of Cl2 from a waste-gas stream by passing it over a

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A plant is removing a trace of Cl2 from a waste-gas stream by passing it over a solid granulm absorbent in a tubular packed bed (Figure P14-8B). At present, 63.2% removal is being acomplished, but it is believed that greater removal could be achieved if the flow rate were increased by a factor of 4, the particle diameter were decreased by a factor of 3, and the packed tube length increased by 50%. What percentage of chlorine would be removed under the proposed scheme? (The chlorine transferring to the absorbent is removed completely by a virtually instantaneous chemical reaction.)Cl Vo L

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