Population balance model for nucleation, growth, aggregation, and breakage of hydrate particles in turbulent flow

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2052-2062

  Balakin, Boris V ^a   Hoffmann, Alex C ^a   Kosinski, Pawel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breakage; Crystal growth; Flocculation; Hydrates; Mathematical modeling; Multiphase flow; Population balance

Indexed keywords

BREAKAGE; BREAKAGE PARAMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW LOOPS; HYDRATE GROWTH; HYDRATE PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POPULATION BALANCE; POPULATION BALANCE MODELS; POPULATION BALANCES; PUMP SYSTEM; SIMULATION RESULT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLOCCULATION; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUCLEATION; PUMPS; TURBULENT FLOW;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 77955376623     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12122     Document Type: Article

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