How can apply ergun equation for pressure drop of a plug reactor in Aspen plus?

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Adel Ben Lakhdhar Oueslati

Dear Ghassem,

Yes, you can use the following link which can hel you.

Adel OUESLATI 1 *, Ahmed HANNACHI2, Mohamed EL MAAOUI3. HYDRODYNAMIC STUDY OF AN ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT PACKED

COLUMN OPERATING ON THE PRINCIPLE OF AN

AIR LIFT PUMP. IJMET Volume 4, Issue 2, March - April (2013), pp. 461-478.

With my best regards!

Dr. Adel OUESLATI

Ghasem Rajab Kalantar Zadeh

Dear Dr. Oueslati

Thank you very much for your help.

Hamid Rezaei

Would you please recommend me a note that how can I apply Ergun equation for packed bed tubular reactors? What are the range of "pressure drop scaling factor" and "roughness" and how can I find them?