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Article | REF: J2626 V1

Distillation. Absorption - Lined columns

Author: Pierre COPIGNEAUX

Publication date: March 10, 1993

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4. Hydrodynamics of packed columns

4.1 Presentation of the problem

The linear pressure loss of a gas (Δ p /Z ) G flowing through a dry packing can be expressed by Ergun's formula [6] :

(Δ p /Z ) G = h K G + h B G 2 ( 2 )

with :

h K and h B...
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