The multiple convolution integral: A new method for modeling multistage continuous leaching reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 4759-4767

  Dixon, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

hydrometallurgy; Leaching; population balance; reactor design

Indexed keywords

HYDROMETALLURGY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTEGRATION; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REACTION KINETICS;

GAUSSIAN QUADRATURE; MULTIPLE CONVOLUTION INTEGRAL; POPULATION BALANCE MODEL; SEGREGATED FLOW MODEL;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0030294009     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00334-X     Document Type: Article

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