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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).
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