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Pressure drop through porous media
Author(s) -
Brownell L. E.,
Gami D. C.,
Miller R. A.,
Nekarvis W. F.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690020117
Subject(s) - pressure drop , porosity , porous medium , reynolds number , mechanics , spheres , materials science , drop (telecommunication) , thermodynamics , composite material , physics , engineering , mechanical engineering , turbulence , astronomy
Fluid flow data are presnted for beds of uniformly sized spheres consolidated with resin over a porosity range from 36.4 to 12.3%. The data are analyzed in terms of an effective pore volume and equations are given for predicting pressure drop by use of a friction‐factor‐Reynolds‐number plot.