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Flow of Fluids Through Fixed Beds (Granular and Packed Beds)
Flow of Fluids Through Fixed Beds (Granular and Packed Beds)
Flow of Fluids Through Fixed Beds (Granular and Packed Beds)
To be replaced by
easily measured
variables
based on outside
(easily measured
. variables)
CD’ for
multiple
parrticle
Left-hand side represents pressure on fluid across the bed (its
fraction e is occupied by fluid)
Right-hand side represents force on particle surfaces/unit bed
cross-sectional area (its fraction 1-e is occupied by particles)
Carman found that when R1/ρu12 was plotted
against Re1 using logarithmic coordinates, his data
for the flow through randomly packed beds of
solid particles could be correlated approximately
by a single curve (curve A, Figure 4.1), whose
general equation is:
Force balance
condenser
height= 2.4m
Diameter=
100mm Vapour
rate =
Boiler (still) 0.04 kg/s
Solution uses 2 equations: force balance and R1/(u12) =
function of Re1.
Equation R1/(u12) =
For Raschig ring packing function of Re1.
general force balance
for fixed bed
is not included in
integration is
because this ratio is
constant and function
of Re1
1 kmol at standard condition
(P0,T0) = 22.4 m3. PsVs/Ts =
P0V0/T0
Temp changes V0/Vs= T0/Ts x Ps/P0
neglected Mass/Vs=mass/V0xT0/TsxPs/P0
s=(mass 1kmol/V0)xT0/TsxPs/P0