Packed-bed density

Packed bed density (bulk density) Pp (adsorbent bulk density after tapping using a stamping volumeter)... 

Porous Media Packed beds of granular solids are one type of the general class referred to as porous media, which include geological formations such as petroleum reservoirs and aquifers, manufactured materials such as sintered metals and porous catalysts, burning coal or char particles, and textile fabrics, to name a few. Pressure drop for incompressible flow across a porous medium has the same quahtative behavior as that given by Leva s correlation in the preceding. At low Reynolds numbers, viscous forces dominate and pressure drop is proportional to fluid viscosity and superficial velocity, and at high Reynolds numbers, pressure drop is proportional to fluid density and to the square of superficial velocity. 

A packed bed is composed of crushed rock with a density of 175 lbm/ft3 of such a size and shape that the average ratio of surface area to volume for the particles is 50 in.2/in.3. The bed is 6 ft deep, has a porosity of 0.3, and is covered by a 2 ft deep layer of water that drains by gravity through the bed. Calculate the flow rate of water through the bed in gpm/ft2, assuming it exits at 1 atm pressure. 

Size Wall thickness Number Bed density Contact surface Sg space % Packing factor F... 

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