Analysis of breakage kernels for population balance modelling

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 501-508

  Patruno, L E ^a   Dorao, C A ^a   Svendsen, H F ^a   Jakobsen, H A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breakage kernel; Least squares method; Population balance

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ACCURATE PREDICTIONS; BREAKAGE KERNEL; DROPLET SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; GAUSSIAN SHAPES; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MEAN DIAMETERS; POPULATION BALANCE;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

EID: 58149308450     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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