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Laboratory experiments were carried out and a theoretical description of the absorption of gaseous ammonia by water drops has been suggested. A mathematical model takes into account the evaporative cooling of drops, Henry’s law, and experimental data on the value of Henry’s constant. A comparison between experimental and predicted results has been made. At a fixed flow rate of water it is shown that absorption increases with decrease in the radius of drops and their velocity.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 80, No. 3, pp. 36–42, May–June, 2007.
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Eremin, A.P., Kotov, G.V., Sidorovich, T.V. et al. Absorption of ammonia by moving drops of water. J Eng Phys Thermophys 80, 461–468 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-007-0061-5
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