Numerical solution of population balance equations for nucleation, growth and aggregation processes

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1576-1589

  Qamar, Shamsul ^a   Warnecke, Gerald ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Growth; High resolution finite volume schemes; Hyperbolic conservation laws; Method of characteristics; Nucleation; Particles; Population balance models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DIFFUSION; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

AGGREGATION PROCESSES; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; HYPERBOLIC CONSERVATION LAWS; POPULATION BALANCE MODELS;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATION THEORY; DIFFUSION; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

EID: 34548510325     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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