Pressure dropcorrelationforceramicandmetalsponges 压力降相关金属海绵.pdfVIP

Chemical Engineering Science 74 (2012) 192–199 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Chemical Engineering Science journal homepage: /locate/ces Pressure drop correlation for ceramic and metal sponges Benjamin Dietrich n ¨ ¨ Institut fur Thermische Verfahrenstechnik, Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie (KIT), Kaiserstraße 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: This paper presents a correlation for estimating the pressure drop of single-phase flow inside ceramic Received 23 November 2011 and metal sponges (open celled-foams) based on easily available geometrical parameters. These could Received in revised form be the specific surface area (per unit volume), the mean cell diameter or the mean strut and window 2 February 2012 diameters of a sponge type. The correlation was derived from own experimental values using 16 Accepted 28 February 2012 Available online 6 March 2012 different ceramic sponges. Due to its non-dimensional form, the correlation can be applied to different fluids. The pressure drop correlation was validated including more than 2500 experimental values Keywords: reported by about 20 authors for nearly 100 different sponge samples. Concluding from the validation, Ceramic sponge the correlation is valid within the range of 10 1 oRe o105 (Re