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Packed Towers
GENERALIZED PRESSURE DROP CORRELATION
0.003 0.004 0.006 0.01 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.10 0.20 0.40 0.60 1.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 10.0
FLOW PARAMETER, X
NOMENCLATURE
I
I PROPERTY SYMBOL BRITISH UNITS METRIC UNITS I DEFINITIONS
Gas Rale G Lbs/ft2 sec KG/M~ sec x-- -
Liquid Rale L Lbs/f12 sec KGM G d K
sec
Gas Density PO
Liquid Density PL Lbs/ft KG/M3
Liquid Viscosity v Centistokes C entistokes FS - -
G
Coefficient F F Packing Factor, 6
dimensionless
Figure 9-21E. Latest version, generalized pressure drop correlation (GPDC). Used by permission of Norton Chemical Process Products Cow.
(rev. 1985).