Solution of population balance equations for emulsion polymerization: Zero-one and zero-one-two systems

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 643-654

  Vale, Hugo M ^a   McKenna, Timothy F ^a  

^a UMR 5265   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATION THEORY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FIXED PIVOT TECHNIQUE; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATIONS (PBE); SEMIDISCRETE EQUATIONS;

EMULSION POLYMERIZATION;

AGGLOMERATION; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATION THEORY; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33847246851     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060928l     Document Type: Article

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