An efficient numerical technique for solving population balance equation involving aggregation, breakage, growth and nucleation

Powder Technology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-104

  Kumar, Jitendra ^a   Peglow, Mirko ^a   Warnecke, Gerald ^a   Heinrich, Stefan ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Batch; Breakage; Growth; Nucleation; Particle; Population balance

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTATION THEORY; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BREAKAGE; POPULATION BALANCE;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTATION THEORY; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL GROWTH; DENSITY GRADIENT; GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DISPERSION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 38649130630     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2007.05.028     Document Type: Article

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