Closed-form and finite difference solutions to a population balance model of grinding mills

Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-195

  Bürger, Raimund ^a   Karlsen, Kenneth H ^b   Towers, John D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c MiraCosta College   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference scheme; Linear transport equation; Numerical simulation; Population balance model; TVD scheme; Uniqueness and existence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRINDING (MACHINING); MINERALS; NUMERICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME; LINEAR TRANSPORT EQUATIONS; POPULATION BALANCE MODELING; TVD SCHEME; UNIQUENESS AND EXISTENCE;

BALL MILLS;

EID: 33746244792     PISSN: 00220833     EISSN: 15732703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10665-004-1054-4     Document Type: Article

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