Experimental investigation of pressure drop in packed beds of irregular shaped wood particles

Powder Technology

Volumn 205, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 30-35

  Mayerhofer, M ^a   Govaerts, J ^b,d   Parmentier, N ^c   Jeanmart, H ^c   Helsen, L ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ergun; Forchheimer; Porous media; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; BED POROSITY; COEFFICIENT C; EQUIVALENT DIAMETER; EQUIVALENT PARTICLE; ERGUN; ERGUN EQUATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FORCHHEIMER; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PARTICLE ORIENTATION; POROUS MEDIA; SHAPE FACTOR; WOOD DRYING; WOOD PARTICLES;

PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PYROLYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WOOD;

PACKED BEDS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASIFICATION; GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PACKED BED REACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; POROSITY; PRESSURE DROP; PYROLYSIS; WOOD;

COMBUSTION; DEGRADATION; DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT; GASIFICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL EXPANSION; WOOD PARTICLES;

EID: 78049235942     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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