Meta-Analysis of Gas Flow Resistance Measurements Through Packed Beds

Abstract : Measurements of the resistance to flow through packed beds of inert spheres have been reported by a number of authors through relations expressing the coefficient of drag as a function of Reynolds number. A meta-analysis of the data using improved statistical methods is undertaken to aggregate the available experimental results. For Reynolds number in excess of 10(exp 3) the relation logFv = 0.49 + 0.90 logRe' is shown to be a highly effective representation of all available data. Gas flow resistance, Packed beds, Meta-analysis, Bootstrap, Regression, Gas flow, Reynolds number.