Droplets population balance in a rotating disc contactor: An inverse problem approach

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1441-1450

  Vikhansky, A ^a   Kraft, M ^a   Simon, M ^b   Schmidt, S ^b   Bart, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inverse problems; Monte Carlo; Population balances; Sensitivity analysis; Two phase systems; Weighted particles method

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ROTATING DISKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MONTE CARLO; POPULATION BALANCES; TWO-PHASE SYSTEMS; WEIGHTED PARTICLES METHOD;

DISPERSIONS;

DISPERSIONS; DROP FORMATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ROTATING DISKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645693828     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10735     Document Type: Article

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