Part I: Dynamic evolution of the particle size distribution in particulate processes undergoing combined particle growth and aggregation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5751-5769

  Alexopoulos, A H ^a   Roussos, A I ^a   Kiparissides, C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Numerical solution; Orthogonal collocation; Particle aggregation; Particle growth; Particle size distribution; Population balances

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DESCRETIZED POPULATION BALANCE EQUATIONS (DPBE); ORTHOGONAL COLLOCATION OF FINITE ELEMENTS (OCFE); POPULATION BALANCE EQUATIONS (PBE);

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 8344275054     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.06.021     Document Type: Article

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