With increase in the liquid flow rate at a fixed gas velocity in a randomly packed counter current gas-liquid absorption column, the gas pressure drop (A) Decreases (B) Remains unchanged (C) Increases (D) Decreases exponentially

With increase in the liquid flow rate at a fixed gas velocity in a randomly

packed counter current gas-liquid absorption column, the gas pressure drop

(A) Decreases

(B) Remains unchanged

(C) Increases

(D) Decreases exponentially

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(C) Increases

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