A New Correlation for Estimating Void Fraction in a Cylindrical Packed Bed

A series of experimental work has been made to determine void fraction in vertical cylinder packed beds with homogenous spherical pellets of different sizes. The experimental data are used to develop a correlation for void fraction as function of bed height, cylinder diameter, pellet diameter, and p...

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Published inPetroleum science and technology Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 350 - 354
Main Authors Kamel, R. S., Hashim, E. T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Colchester Taylor & Francis Group 15.02.2013
Taylor & Francis
Subjects
Acceptability
Applied sciences
Correlation
Crude oil
Crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products
Cylinders
Data points
diameter ratio
Energy
Exact sciences and technology
Fuels
Packed beds
Pellets
Petroleum products, gas and fuels. Motor fuels, lubricants and asphalts
porosity
Processing of crude oil and oils from shales and tar sands. Processes. Equipment. Refinery and treatment units
Void fraction
diameter ratio
Packed bed
void fraction
Porosity
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Summary:A series of experimental work has been made to determine void fraction in vertical cylinder packed beds with homogenous spherical pellets of different sizes. The experimental data are used to develop a correlation for void fraction as function of bed height, cylinder diameter, pellet diameter, and pellet number. This correlation gives acceptable results with an average absolute error of 1.033% for 108 data points.
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ISSN:1091-6466
1532-2459
DOI:10.1080/10916466.2013.731630