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V is the velocity of sedimentation and a is the acceleration of free fall or centrifugation. 

Fig. 23. Pressure drop and flooding correlation for various random packings (95). ip = p- o IP-l (standard acceleration of free fall) = 9.81 m/s, p, = liquid viscosity ia mPa-s numbers on lines represent pressure drop, mm H2O /m of packed height to convert to ia. H2O /ft multiply by 0.012. Packing...

Fig. 5. Two samples of a nominally 15-p.m calcium carbonate powder, tumbled in the free-fall tumbling mixer/sampler, taken nine minutes apart. The similarity between the two samples demonstrates that these are probably representative of the bulk powder.

The particle size deterrnined by sedimentation techniques is an equivalent spherical diameter, also known as the equivalent settling diameter, defined as the diameter of a sphere of the same density as the irregularly shaped particle that exhibits an identical free-fall velocity. Thus it is an appropriate diameter upon which to base particle behavior in other fluid-flow situations. Variations in the particle size distribution can occur for nonspherical particles (43,44). The upper size limit for sedimentation methods is estabHshed by the value of the particle Reynolds number, given by equation 11 ... 

Impact Resistance. Tests for impact resistance of porcelain enamels include falling weight tests such as a free-falling ball or a pendulum... 

The drag force is exerted in a direction parallel to the fluid velocity. Equation (6-227) defines the drag coefficient. For some sohd bodies, such as aerofoils, a hft force component perpendicular to the liquid velocity is also exerted. For free-falling particles, hft forces are generally not important. However, even spherical particles experience lift forces in shear flows near solid surfaces. 

Nonsplierical Rigid Particles The drag on a nonspherical particle depends upon its shape and orientation with respect to the direction of motion. The orientation in free fall as a function of Reynolds number is given in Table 6-8. 

Some judgment is required in the use of these correlations because of construction features of the condenser. The tubes must be supported by baffles, usually with maximum cut (45 percent of the shell diameter) and maximum spacing to minimize pressure drop. The flow of the condensate is interruptea by the baffles, which may draw off or redistribute the liqmd and which will also cause some splashing of free-falling drops onto the tubes. 

Single-droplet breakup at very high velocicty (L/velocity) . This governs drop size in free fall as well as breakup when droplets impinge on solid surfaces. 

Electrostatic-Separation Machines The first electrostatic machines to be used commercially employed the principle of contact elec trification. These were free-fall devices incorporating large vertical plates between which an electrostatic field was maintained. Tribo-elec tric separation (contact charging) has experienced an increase in apphcations due to advances in mechanical self-cleaning and electrical design as well as the development of efficient precharging techniques. 

Equations to calculate size distributions from sedimentation data are based on the assumption that the particles fall freely in the suspension. In order to ensure that particle-particle interactton does not prevent free fall, an upper-volume concentration hmit of around 0.2 percent is recommended. 

For a very dilute suspension, i.e., e = 1 and (e) = 1, the settling veloeity will be equal to the free-fall veloeity. As no valid theoretieal expression for the funetion (e) is available, eommon praetiee is to rely on experimental data. Note that a unit volume of thiekened sludge eontains e volume of liquid and (1 - e) volume of solid phase, i.e., a unit volume of partieles of sludge eontains e/(l - e) volume of liquid. Denoting a as the ratio of partiele surfaee area to volume, we obtain the hydraulie radius as the ratio of this volume, e/(l - e), to the surfaee, a, when both values are related to the same volume of partieles ... 

Economic considerations dictate that a commercial fluid bed operates at as high a gas velocity as practicable. A frequent limiting factor is entrainment from the bed which is a very strong ftmction of gas velocity. A well defined fluid bed can be maintained even at gas velocities well in excess of the free fall velocity of the biggest particles... 

V) SiiUcr el al., Aerosols Generated by Free Fall Spills of Powders and Solutions in Sialie Air, 1981... 

MM7 Ballinger, M.Y. et al., Methods for Describing Airborne Fractions of Free Fall Spills of Powders and Liquids, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, January 1988. 

In aerosol theory, is the velocity of free fall of a particle, and by extension in the current work is an empirical velocity related to the buoyancy of the contaminant in air. We further assume that the overall fluid flow pattern is unaffected by the minor quantity of the buoyant contaminant. 

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