Elucidation of pressure drop in packed-bed systems

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-202

  Foumeny, E A ^a   Kulkarni, A ^a   Roshani, S ^a   Vatani, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Friction factor; Packed bed; Pressure drop; Reynolds number; Voidage

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CORRELATION METHODS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; FLUIDS; FRICTION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

ERGUN-TYPE CORRELATION METHOD; FRICTION FACTOR; SUPERFICIAL FLUID VELOCITY; SURFACE AREA; VOIDAGE;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 0030108710     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-4311(95)00002-X     Document Type: Article

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