A method of characteristics for solving population balance equations (PBE) describing the adsorption of impurities during crystallization processes

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3191-3198

  Févotte, François ^a   Févotte, Gilles ^b,c  

^a Centre SPIN ^*  (France)

^b CENTRE SPIN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Dynamic simulation; Impurities; Nucleation; Particulate processes; Population balance

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CRYSTAL SURFACES; CRYSTALLIZATION DYNAMICS; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; DYNAMIC SIMULATION; FAST AND ACCURATE SIMULATIONS; HINDERING EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES; INTERNAL VARIABLES; ISOTHERMAL DESUPERSATURATION; KINETIC MODELS; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS; MOTHER LIQUOR; NUCLEATION RATE; NUMERICAL SCHEME; PARTICULATE PROCESS; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION; POPULATION BALANCES; UNSTEADY STATE;

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NUCLEATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

CRYSTAL IMPURITIES;

EID: 77950596282     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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