Packed bed pressure drop dependence on particle shape, size distribution, packing arrangement and roughness

Powder Technology

Volumn 246, Issue , 2013, Pages 590-600

  Allen, K G ^a   von Backstrom T W ^a   Kroger D G ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fluid mechanics; Granular materials; Packed bed; Packing arrangement; Roughness; Shape

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF ACCURACY; DIFFERENT PRESSURES; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; IRREGULAR PARTICLE; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; SHAPE; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; STRUCTURED BEDS;

FLUID MECHANICS; FORECASTING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HEAT STORAGE; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROCKS; SPHERES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

PACKED BEDS;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLOW KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; PACKED BED REACTOR; PACKING ARRANGEMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ROCK; ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84880304002     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2013.06.022     Document Type: Article

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