Numerical simulations of two-component granulation: Comparison of three methods

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 545-552

  Marshall, Carl L ^a   Rajniak, Pavol ^b   Matsoukas, Themis ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Granulation; Method of moments; Monte Carlo; Multicomponent

Indexed keywords

DIRECT QUADRATURE METHOD OF MOMENTS; DIRECT SOLUTION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MONTE CARLO; MULTICOMPONENTS; NUMERICAL METHODOLOGIES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POPULATION BALANCES; TWO-COMPONENT;

GRANULATION; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 79956121486     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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