The membrane in Example 9.1 is replaced with another of the same thickness, but with a permeability of 300 barrer for solute A. Calculate the transmembrane flux of solute A if the film coefficients remain unchanged. What fraction of the total resistance corresponds to the membrane?

Data From Example 9.1:-

A dilute solution of solute A in solvent B flows through a tubular-membrane separator where the feed flows through the tubes. At a certain location, the solute concentrations on the feed and permeate sides are 50 mol/m³ and 15 mol/m³, respectively. The membrane thickness is 2 μm, and its permeability for solute A is 176 barrer. The tube inside diameter is 0.4 cm, the tube-side Reynolds number is 20,000, and the feed-side solute Schmidt number is 450. The diffusivity of the solute is 5 × 10^–5 cm²/s. The mass-transfer coefficient on the permeate side of the membrane is 0.12 cm/s. Estimate the transmembrane flux of solute A.