Solution of bubble number density with breakage and coalescence in a bubble column by Least-Squares Method

Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 436-446

  Zhu, Zhengjie ^a   Dorao, Carlos A ^a   Jakobsen, Hugo A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Chemical reactors; Least squares method; LSM; PBE; Population balance equation

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUBBLE COLUMNS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COALESCENCE; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS;

BUBBLE NUMBER DENSITIES; COALESCENCE RATE; LEAST SQUARES METHODS; MOMENTUM BALANCES; NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION; STEADY-STATE MODELING; SUCCESSIVE ITERATION;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

EID: 68249096717     PISSN: 14684349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PCFD.2009.027375     Document Type: Article

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