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Experiments were carred out with controlled variation of solute concentration, dispersed phase void fraction and droplet size, flow velocity, and packed bed specific surface area. It was found that the mass transfer coefficient was not enhanced by addition of an inert second phase. When the dispersed phase contained dissolved reactant, the overall mass transfer coefficient was increased substantially.","The experimental results served as a basis for upgrading theoretical models of porous electrodes to account for two phase liquid-liquid feedstock. The solution phase potential variation with a single reactant under mass transfer controlled conditions was examined.","A theoretical model was presented in which details of the droplet-electrode-surface interaction were described. A solution which described the potential field around a spherical drop tangent with a planar equipotential surface was obtained. 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