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Another query about the PFR please. As stated, the Ergun Equation is used to calculate pressure drop but I would like the equation to incorporate 'shape factor' aka sphericity, φ. Is there any way to factor this in?

Thanks for the links. I'm modelling SMR at the moment, and calculating U from empirical correlations. I don't require this customisation right now but asking just in case.

This worked well, thanks. I have a couple more queries on the PFR please. I'm also trying to find the thermal conductivity of the gas flowing through the PFR. Can the reactor profile of thermal conductivity be viewed? A value can be entered for the wall heat transfer coefficient, but what if the hea...

Yes, agreed. Suppose I need a reactor with 170 tubes that feeds into the next reactor, how would I modify the single packed tube? Thanks.

Hi Jasper, thanks for replying. I may have the packed tube and the heating/cooling tubes mixed up. It was my understanding that the internal tubes in white represent the heating/cooling tubes within the larger packed reactor tube in yellow, as in this diagram. But I am trying to model multiple packe...

Hi, I would like to know whether there is a solution to modelling a PFR, or more specifically a packed bed reactor that consists of multiple reactor tubes, like a steam methane reformer. I can only think of modelling a single reactor tube, and then multiplying the product stream by the number of tub...