Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1994, 59, 2583-2594
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19942583
Influence of Particle Shape on the Drag Coefficient for Isometric Particles
Miloslav Hartman, Otakar Trnka, Karel Svoboda and Václav Veselý
Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 165 02 Prague 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic
Abstract
A comprehensive correlation has been developed of the drag coefficient for nonspherical isometric particles as a function the Reynolds number and the particle sphericity on the basis of data reported in the literature. The proposed formula covers the Stokes, the transitional and the Newton region. The predictions of the reported correlation have been compared to experimental data measured in this work with the dolomitic materials in respect to their use in calcination and gas cleaning processes with fluidized beds. Approximative explicit formulae have also been reported that make it possible to estimate the terminal free-fall velocity of a given particle or to predict the particle diameter corresponding to a fluid velocity of interest.
