HYDRAULIC RESISTANCE OF A RANDOM SPIRAL PACKING FOR REGENERATORS
L. A. Akulov and S. A. Bessonov UDC 621.51 Results of an experimental investigation of two types of metallic spiral packings for regenerative heat exchangers are considered. They are compared to packings of other types used in regenerators; a method of calculation of the hydraulic resistance of the packings investigated is proposed. St. Petersburg State University of Low-Temperature and Food Technologies, St. Petersburg, Russia; email: Seurg-Alex@yandex.ru. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 75, No. 5, pp. 12-16, September-October, 2002. Original article submitted November 26, 2001; revision submitted April 10, 2002. JEPTER74920200219 JEPTER7492019