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PD Source Models
49 single-phase pressure drop correlations are implemented (1937–2026), all of semi-empirical type. Each model is implemented with its original validity ranges and friction factor formulation.
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| 1 | Carman (1937) |
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| 2 | Morcom (1946)1,* |
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| 3 | Rose & Rizk (1949) |
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| 4 | Leva (1949)2,* |
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| 5 | Ergun (1952) |
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| 6 | Wentz & Thodos (1963) |
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| 7 | Kürten et al. (1966) |
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| 8 | Handley & Heggs (1968)3,* |
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| 9 | Mehta & Hawley (1969) |
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| 10 | Hicks (1970) |
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| 11 | Tallmadge (1970) |
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| 12 | Reichelt (1972) |
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| 13 | Kuo & Nydegger (1978)4,* |
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| 14 | Macdonald et al. (1979) |
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| 15 | KTA (1981) |
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| 16 | Jones & Krier (1983) |
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| 17 | Foscolo et al. (1983) |
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| 18 | Fahien & Schriver (1983)5,* |
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| 19 | Meyer & Smith (1985) |
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| 20 | Paterson et al. (1986)6,* |
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| 21 | Stichlmair et al. (1989) |
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| 22 | Watanabe (1989)7,* |
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| 23 | Comiti & Renaud (1989) |
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| 24 | Fand et al. (1990) |
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| 25 | Foumeny et al. (1993) |
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| 26 | Lee & Ogawa (1994) |
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| 27 | Liu et al. (1994) |
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| 28 | Hayes et al. (1995) |
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| 29 | Avontuur & Geldart (1996)8,* |
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| 30 | Critoph & Thorpe (1996) |
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| 31 | O'Neill & Benyahia (1997)9,* |
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| 32 | Raichura (1999) |
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| 33 | Eisfeld & Schnitzlein (2001) |
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| 34 | Yu et al. (2002) |
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| 35 | Di Felice & Gibilaro (2004) |
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| 36 | Nemec & Levec (2005) |
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| 37 | Montillet et al. (2007) |
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| 38 | Çarpinlioğlu & Özahi (2008) |
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| 39 | Özahi et al. (2008) |
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| 40 | Cheng (2011) |
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| 41 | Harrison et al. (2013) |
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| 42 | Erdim et al. (2015) |
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| 43 | Guo et al. (2017) |
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| 44 | Seckendorff et al. (2020) |
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| 45 | Cheng et al. (2021) |
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| 46 | Reger et al. (2023) |
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| 47 | Dixon (2023) |
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| 48 | Wu & Hibiki (2025) |
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| 49 | Xu et al. (2026) |
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[*] Unconfirmed models owing to a lack of original papers. Correlations for these models were adopted from review studies, which provide comprehensive reviews, primarily Erdim et al. (2015) and Eisfeld & Schnitzlein (2001), which provide comprehensive reviews.
[†] The restriction was removed from the model.
[‡] Interpolation of table data is required.
[1] Morcom, A. R. (1946). Fluid flow through granular materials. Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 24, 30–43.
[2] Leva, D. W. (1949). Fluid flow through packed beds. Chem. Eng., 56, 115–117.
[3] Handley, D., & Heggs, P. J. (1968). Momentum and heat transfer mechanisms in regular shaped packings. Trans. Inst. Chem. Eng., 46, 251–259.
[4] Kuo, K. K., & Nydegger, C. C. (1978). Flow resistance measurements and correlation in a packed bed of WC 870 ball propellants. J. Ballist., 2(1), 1–25.
[5] Fahien, R. W., & Schriver, C. B. (1983). Fundamentals of transport phenomena. McGraw-Hill. Paper presented at the AIChE Denver Meeting, Denver, CO.
[6] Paterson, W. R., Colledge, R. A., Macnab, J. I., & Maruka, J. A. (1986). Experimental studies of transport processes in packed beds of low tube-to-particle diameter ratio. In Proceedings of the World Congress III of Chemical Engineering (pp. 304–307). Society of Chemical Engineers.
[7] Watanabe, H. (1989). Drag coefficient and voidage function on fluid-flow through granular packed-beds. Int. J. Eng. Fluid Mech., 2(1), 93–108.
[8] Avontuur, P. P. C., & Geldart, D. (1996). A quality assessment of the Ergun equation. Chem. Eng., 51(4), 994–996.
[9] O'Neill, K., & Benyahia, F. (1997). Packed bed systems: An insight into more flexible design. In Proceedings of the IChemE Research Event/The Jubilee Research Event (pp. 1253–1256). Institution of Chemical Engineers.