MC Simulation of Aerosol Aggregation and Simultaneous Spheroidization

AIChE Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 545-561

  Rosner, Daniel E ^a   Yu, Suyuan ^a,b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPHERULES;

AGGLOMERATION; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COAGULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SINTERING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SPHEROIDIZATION;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; COAGULATION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS DIFFUSION; ISOTHERM; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 0038493569     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690470305     Document Type: Article

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