The Ergun equation, derived by the Turkish chemical engineer Sabri Ergun in 1952, expresses the friction factor of flow through a packed column as a function of the modified Reynolds number. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Ergun equation, derived by the Turkish chemical engineer Sabri Ergun in 1952, expresses the friction factor in a packed column as a function of the modified Reynolds number.
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