BigInch, thanks very much for taking the time to put that FBD together, all is clear now. Sadly, I seem to have forgotten the adage "for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction." :)
Thanks again.
Thanks guys, with a clearer head it all seems pretty obvious now with regard to the pressure issue, some time with Roark's probably would've made it even more obvious.
I understood it clearly already with regards to a vessel without gas actually moving through it, but for some reason couldn't...
Alright, setting pressure drop aside for a second, you're saying there will be no effect even from drag of the gas through the bed on the product? That there is no net "force vector" for lack of a better term in the downward direction adding to the apparent mass of the vessel and product to the...
I searched around for about a half an hour and couldn't find a definitive answer to this question, so I thought I'd make the leap into asking my first question on these forums.
I'm posting this in the mechanical engineering section even though I am a ChE because I believe a mechanical engineer...
