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Experimental Investigation of Fluid Through Porous Media Packed with Single-Diameter and Multi-diameter Spheres

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Both Newtonian fluid flow and power-law non-Newtonian fluid flow through porous media composed of single-diameter and multi-diameter spheres were studied experimentally. The pressure drop characteristics for the packed beds with single-diameter spheres were validated well by theoretical models. For the packed beds containing spheres with two different sizes and three different sizes, three types of mean diameters were examined in the theoretical model, and the mass mean diameter is recommended as the effective diameter based on the present experimental data.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51222604) and the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2011CB710702).

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Lu, Y.B., Tang, G.H. Experimental Investigation of Fluid Through Porous Media Packed with Single-Diameter and Multi-diameter Spheres. Transp Porous Med 110, 449–459 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-015-0566-x

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