Calcs

Packed Bed dP (for 'Fluid Flow')

Basis is Carmen-Kozeny equation for flow through packed beds

Pressure
Temperature
bed dia.
bed height
shape factor
Porosity
Particle dia.
Area
g
density
Viscosity

a
b
A
B

[barg]
[C]
[m]
[m]

[m]
[m2]
[m/s2]
[kg/m3]
[Ns/m2]

4
50
3.6
2
0.73
0.375
7.50E-04
10.18
9.81
988
0.000547
4413.3
0.000632
418.4125
7723.268
0.004074
7.48E-06

3000 mt/d
34.72 kg/s
0.150 bar
1.54

0.003452
1.54

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Calcs

2.4
2
0.82
0.4
0.0008

3.6
2
0.73
0.375
0.00075

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