Tortuosity model for fixed beds randomly packed with identical particles

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1891-1896

  Lanfrey, P Y ^a   Kuzeljevic, Z V ^b   Dudukovic, M P ^b  

^a Washington University in St Louis ^*  (France)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Packed bed; Porous media; Tortuosity; Voidage

Indexed keywords

BED VOIDAGE; EMPIRICAL CONSTANTS; FIXED BED; IDENTICAL PARTICLES; PACKING STRUCTURE; POROUS MEDIA; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; SHAPE FACTOR; SIMPLE MODEL; THEORETICAL MODELS; TORTUOSITY; VOIDAGE;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; POROUS MATERIALS;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 75849137702     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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