Packed towers advantages/disadvantages

In all the absorption systems any good type of contacting system may be used. For liquid systems this would include packed towers, spray towers, and wet cyclones. Reference 15 gives a list of these devices together with their power requirements and their advantages and disadvantages. 

The membrane degasification technology has three major advantages and one potential disadvantage over conventional equipment based on packed towers. The advantages are (Reed et al., 1995) ... 

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