Chemical absorption with irreversible first order reaction was used to determine the effective interfacial area and the liquid-side mass transfer coefficient in a packed gas-absorber. Experiments were undertaken for packings of different shapes and sizes and for several kinds of liquid with various properties so that their effects on the effective interfacial area and the liquid-side mass transfer coefficient are observed.
Correlations were obtained in terms of dimensionless groups through the regression analysis of the experimental results. The results of this work were compared with the other results, and a good agreement was observed.