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Packed Bed Pressure Drop

This document discusses pressure drop calculations for a packed bed. It provides equations and parameters to calculate pressure drop based on the Ergun equation, including sphericity, particle diameter, bed porosity, packed bed diameter and length, particle and gas densities and viscosities, and gas flowrate. It also calculates minimum fluidization velocity, where pressure drop is balanced by particle weight, and maximum superficial velocity before particles are carried away. A pressure drop plot versus superficial gas velocity is presented.

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Packed Bed Pressure Drop

This document discusses pressure drop calculations for a packed bed. It provides equations and parameters to calculate pressure drop based on the Ergun equation, including sphericity, particle diameter, bed porosity, packed bed diameter and length, particle and gas densities and viscosities, and gas flowrate. It also calculates minimum fluidization velocity, where pressure drop is balanced by particle weight, and maximum superficial velocity before particles are carried away. A pressure drop plot versus superficial gas velocity is presented.

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Chemical Engineering Calculations

Packed Bed Pressure Drop ver 0.0


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Date 2019-01-31 Reviewed By AT
Revision 1 Approved By KS

Pressure Drop
Packed bed pressure drop is calculated based on the Ergun equation.

Sphericity, Φs 1.000 Gas Flowrate Kg/h 3600.00


Particle Diameter, Dp mm 12.500 Gas Density, ρf Kg/m³ 1.156000
Bed Porosity, ε - 0.380 Gas Viscosity, μf cP 0.0182
Packed Bed Diameter m 1.250 Packed Bed Length, L m 2.500
Particle Density, ρp Kg/m³ 1000.000

Volumetric Flowrate m³/h 3114.187 Reynold's Number - 903


Superficial Gas m/s 0.705 Pressure Drop, ΔP Bar 0.0249
Velocity

Minimum Fluidization Velocity


At minimum fluidization, pressure drop across bed is balanced by effective weight of the particle.

Porosity, εmf - 0.415 Velocity, Vmf m/s 2.047

Maximum Velocity
Beyond maximum superficial velocity, particles will be carried away by the gas.

Velocity, Vmax m/s 4668.742

Pressure Drop Plot

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