Multistage Operation One Component Transferred

It is usually convenient, for tray towers, to define the flow rates L and G simply as mol/h, rather than to base them on unit tower cross section. 

Where both operating line and equilibrium curve can be considered straight, the number of ideal trays can be determined without recourse to graphical methods. 

The reciprocal of the absorption factor is called the stripping factor S. 

Absorber Since the tower will be a tray device, the following notation changes will be made (compare Figs. 8.4 and 8,12)  

The operating diagram is established in Illustration 8.2 and replotted in Fig. 8.13, where the theoretical trays arc stepped off. Between 7 and 8 (approximately 7.6) theoretical trays are 

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