Periodic open-cell foams: Pressure drop measurements and modeling of an ideal tetrakaidecahedra packing

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2758-2763

  Inayat, Amer ^a   Schwerdtfeger, Jan ^a   Freund, Hannsjörg ^b   Körner, Carolin ^a   Singer, Robert F ^a   Schwieger, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalyst support; Foam; Ideal structure; Pressure drop; SEBM; Tetrakaidecahedra model

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT PORE SIZES; EMPIRICAL COEFFICIENTS; ERGUN EQUATION; FOAM STRUCTURE; FRICTION FACTORS; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; IDEAL STRUCTURE; LOW POROSITY; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NEW CORRELATIONS; OPEN POROSITY; OPEN-CELL FOAMS; POROUS MEDIA; PRESSURE DROP MEASUREMENTS; SEBM; TETRAKAIDECAHEDRA MODEL;

CATALYST SUPPORTS; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRON BEAMS; FORECASTING; GEOMETRY; PACKED BEDS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

EID: 79955016361     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.03.031     Document Type: Article

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