A column 0.6 m diameter and 4 m high is, packed with 25 mm ceramic Raschig rings and used in a gas absorption process carried out at 101.3 kN/m² and 293 K. If the liquid and gas properties approximate to those of water and air respectively and their flowrates are 2.5 and 0.6 kg/m²s, what is the pressure drop across the column? In making calculations, Carman's method should be used. By how much may the liquid flow rate be increased before the column floods?

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