Question: . A counter - current wet scrubbing tower used to remove ammonia from a gas stream by absorption is operated at a total constant pressure

. A counter-current wet scrubbing tower used to remove ammonia from a gas
stream by absorption is operated at a total constant pressure of 2 atm. Pure water
is supplied to the top of the scrubbing tower. The gas stream, containing 27 mol%
ammonia vapour and 73 mol% air on a dry basis, is fed to the bottom of the tower.
The scrubbed gas containing 0.5 mol% ammonia on dry basis exits the top of the
tower and an aqueous solution of ammonia exits the bottom of the tower (see
Figure 2.1). The gas stream leaves at 22.3\deg C, being saturated with water vapour.
If the ammonia/air gas mixture enters the scrubbing tower at 1166 mol min1 on
a dry basis:
i. Calculate the percentage removal of ammonia.

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