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Appendix B<br />

B1. Pressure drop calculations (Stichlmair et al. [29])<br />

Stichlmair et al. [29] shows the advantages <strong>of</strong> the particle model. In this model<br />

structure, the real packing is replaced by a system <strong>of</strong> spherical particles which have<br />

the same surface <strong>and</strong> void fraction as the original packing. With these equivalence<br />

conditions, the equivalent diameter <strong>of</strong> the particle d p is:<br />

d 6<br />

1 <br />

p<br />

(B.1)<br />

a<br />

Thus, the originally r<strong>and</strong>om structure <strong>of</strong> the packing is made accessible to<br />

calculation. Stichlmair et al. [29] show that the correlations for fluidized beds can<br />

also be applied to a system <strong>of</strong> fixed particles. The analysis <strong>of</strong> the pressure drop on<br />

the air side in a packed column was based on the computation <strong>of</strong> the dry column<br />

pressure drop <strong>and</strong> a correction term to account for the effect <strong>of</strong> liquid flow rate.<br />

Equation (27) describes the basic equation <strong>of</strong> the particle model. The dry column<br />

pressure drop per unit height that utilizes the single particle friction factor as well as<br />

the bed porosity ε is given by the following correlation [29]:<br />

d<br />

4.65 2<br />

<br />

<br />

gVg<br />

d<br />

p<br />

P Z 3 4 f<br />

<br />

(B.2)<br />

0<br />

1<br />

where V g is the air superficial velocity <strong>and</strong> f is the friction factor given by the following<br />

equation:<br />

f<br />

0.5<br />

0<br />

C1<br />

Re<br />

g<br />

C2<br />

Re<br />

g<br />

C<br />

(B.3)<br />

3<br />

where the friction factor f 0 for a single particle is a function <strong>of</strong> gas Reynold’s number:<br />

Re V d <br />

(B.4)<br />

g<br />

g<br />

g<br />

p<br />

g<br />

The friction factor f 0 is derived from the dry pressure drop <strong>of</strong> the original packing.<br />

Therefore, it is one <strong>of</strong> the characteristic parameters <strong>of</strong> a r<strong>and</strong>om <strong>and</strong> structured<br />

packing, together with the geometric surface a <strong>and</strong> the void fraction ε. The constants<br />

C 1 , C 2 <strong>and</strong> C 3 in equation (B.3) are available in Stichlmair et al [29] for different<br />

packing elements other than spherical packing. As long as the friction factor can be<br />

expressed in the same form <strong>of</strong> equation (B.3), the model can be applied for spherical<br />

packing (or any other packing geometry).<br />

Bird et al. [19] provides a simple <strong>and</strong> useful empirical expression for the friction<br />

factor for creeping flow around a sphere that matches the form <strong>of</strong> equation (B.3):<br />

24 Re 0. 2<br />

f<br />

0<br />

<br />

g<br />

5407 for Re < 6000 (B.5)<br />

194

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