The cell average technique for solving multi-dimensional aggregation population balance equations

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1810-1830

  Kumar, J ^a   Peglow, M ^a   Warnecke, G ^a   Heinrich, S ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breakage; Cell average; Discretization; Particle; Population balance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CELL AVERAGE; DISCRETIZATION; POPULATION BALANCE;

AGGLOMERATION;

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTATION THEORY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 44349124408     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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