Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6744566 | Fusion Engineering and Design | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Pebble beds are used in many tritium breeder designs of fusion blanket, which is purged by a flow of low velocity helium. In this paper, experimental study of the pressure drop of helium through packed sphere beds was carried out. The pebbled beds were sealed in a rectangular container. The spheres of five different diameters varied from 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm. The Darcy regime and Forchheimer regime were identified within the range 2.47 < Re < 27.59. The transition region was identified and discussed in detail. The pressure drop was characterized by Kozeny-Carman constants or Ergun's constants for the experimental range. Some commonly used correlations were evaluated by the experimental data.
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Authors
Di Liu, Wenxi Tian, G.H. SU, Suizheng Qiu,