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A packed - tower stripping column ( the packing is used to promote air - water mass transfer ) is to be used as a

A packed-tower stripping column (the packing is used to promote air-water mass transfer) is to be used as a pre-treatment to remove ammonia from an industrial wastewater. The feed stream now rate is 200,000m3 per day and has an NH3 concentration of 450mgL as NH3. The discharge permit allows a concentration of 20mgL as NH3-N in the effluent stream.
a) Calculate how many moles of NH3 must be stripped per day.
b) What is the removal efficiency of the stripping column in percentage?
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