(b) Example "Mass transfer in a packed bed"

Consider spherical benzoic acid crystals of 0.2 cm diameter packed

in a bed-like structure. The spheres have a=23 cm2 surface area
per 1 cm3 of bed. Pure water flowing at a superficial (average
through the cross-sectional area of the empty tube) velocity of v0=5
cm/s into the bed is 62% saturated with benzoic acid after L=100
cm of the bed. What is the mass transfer coefficient?

v0=5cm/s

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