Constant-number Monte Carlo simulation of population balances

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1777-1786

  Smith, Matthew ^a   Matsoukas, Themis ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Growth; Monte Carlo; Population balance; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COAGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

POPULATION BALANCES;

GROWTH (MATERIALS);

COAGULATION; COMMINUTION; PARTICLE;

EID: 0032557412     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00045-1     Document Type: Article

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