Determination of pore size distributions by regularization and finite element collocation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3239-3249

  Bhatia, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finite element collocation; Pore size distribution; Regularization

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT COLLOCATION; REGULARIZATION METHOD; SOFTWARE PACKAGE RIDFEC;

PORE SIZE;

MEMBRANE; PORE SIZE;

EID: 0032172914     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00132-8     Document Type: Article

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