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- Title
Resistance of wood pellets to low airflow.
- Authors
Yazdanpanah, F.; Lau, A.; Sokhansanj, S.; Lim, C. J.; Bi, X.; Melin, S.
- Abstract
The pressure drop versus low airflow from 0.000117 to 0.1 m/s was measured across a fixed bed of wood pellets. Wood pellets were on average 6.2 mm in diameter and 12 mm in length. The moisture content of wood pellets ranged from 2.8% to 8.1%. Four equations, Darcy, Shedd, Hukill and Ergun representing flow versus static pressure drop for bulk granules were fitted to the experimental data. At airflows below 0.01 m/s, the predicted pressure drops using all four equations deviated from experimental data. This deviation was the largest for the Darcy equation and the smallest for Ergun equation. © 2011 Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering
- Subjects
WOOD pellets; FUELWOOD; AIR flow; GAS flow; PRESSURE drop (Fluid dynamics)
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2012, Vol 90, Issue 6, p1479
- ISSN
0008-4034
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cjce.20668