Beyond log-normal distributions: Hermite spectra for solving population balances

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2328-2343

  Hamilton, Robert A ^a   Curtis, Jennifer S ^a   Ramkrishna, Doraiswami ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER APPLICATION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DYNAMICS; HERMITE SPECTRA; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICS; POPULATION; STEADY STATE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0141513782     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490909     Document Type: Article

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