A modification on Ergun's correlation for use in cylindrical packed beds with non-spherical particles

Advanced Powder Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-381

  Ozahi, Emrah ^a   Gundogdu, Mehmet Yasar ^a   Carpinlioglu, Melda Ö ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bed porosity; Ergun's correlation; Non spherical; Packed bed; Pressure drop; Sphericity

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; DROPS; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPHERES; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BED POROSITY; LENGTH TO DIAMETER RATIO; NON-SPHERICAL; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; PARTICLE REYNOLDS NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTIC; SPHERICITY; SYSTEMATIC EXPERIMENT;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 46949100715     PISSN: 09218831     EISSN: 15685527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855208X314985     Document Type: Article

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