Influence of particle morphology on pressure gradients of single-phase air flow in the mono-size non-spherical particle beds

The proposed model agreed well with the pressure drop of single-phase flow through spherical particle beds within 10% in average. The experimental data for cylindrical particle beds also agreed well with the proposed model within 16% in average by applying the equivalent diameter proposed by Li and Ma (2011) as a characteristic size of non-spherical particles.