Method and apparatus for increasing mass transfer in aqueous gas adsorption processes

A method of removing and capturing an acid gas from a fluid stream, comprising:

• counterflowing the fluid stream against an aqueous scrubbing solution in an absorber with a packing element within, wherein the packing element comprises a first corrugated plate, a second corrugated plate and a third corrugated plate with flow channels in a stacked arrangement, the first and third corrugated plates each having perforations, wherein the second corrugated plate does not include perforations and comprises on a surface of a flow channel alternating hydrophobic and hydrophilic zones such that liquid flowing through the flow channel of the second corrugated plate creates internal turbulence in order to form a dynamically refreshing and reactive liquid-gas interface and capture acid gas from the fluid stream.