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Pure water at 26.1 degres celcius flows at the rate of 5.514x10^-7 m^3/s through a packed bed of benzoic acid spheres having a diameter of 6.375 mm. The total surface area of the spheres in the bed s 0.01198m^2 and the void fraction is 0.436. The tower diameter is 0.0667m. The solubility of benzoic acid is 2.9488x10^-2 kg mol/m^3.
a. What is the mass tranfer coefficient?
b. What is the outlet concentration of benzoic acid in the water?