A packed-column gas absorber is designed to remove 98 percent of A from air at a liquid

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A packed-column gas absorber is designed to remove 98 percent of A from air at a liquid rate 1.2 times the minimum. The incoming solvent is free of A. 

(a) How many transfer units are required? 

(b) If the air contains a small amount of gas B. which is only half as soluble as gas A, what fraction of B is absorbed under the conditions of part (a)?

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Unit Operations Of Chemical Engineering

ISBN: 9780072848236

7th Edition

Authors: Warren McCabe, Julian Smith, Peter Harriott

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