Armfield W3 Permeability/Fluidisation studies apparatus (50-800ml/min)

Technical Details

Sample tube I/D: 38mm

Sample tube length: 507mm

Flow meter range:

50-800ml/min

0.5m water differential manometer

0.5m Mercury manometer

Water Supply: 0.80 litres/min (max) at 0.5 bar gauge 

Recommended Accessories/instruments

Mercury thermometer

Sieve Shaker

Alternative bed materials (e.g. sand, anthracite)

Mercury for manometer (alternatively we can supply a Portable Pressure Meter: H12-8) 

Demonstration Capabilities

Pressure drop measurements and correlations for flow through packed beds.

Verification of Kozeny's equation

Characteristics of a liquid fluidised bed

Measurement of permeability of selected solids

Attrition tests

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