Computational fluid dynamics based stochastic aerosol modeling: Combination of a cell-based weighted random walk method and a constant-number Monte-Carlo method for aerosol dynamics

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 70, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-120

  Kruis, F Einar ^a   Wei, Jianming ^a   van der Zwaag, Till ^b   Haep, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b IUTA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Coagulation; Diffusion; Monte Carlo; Population balance; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DYNAMICS; AEROSOL MODELING; CELL-BASED; CFD MODELS; CONVECTION AND DIFFUSION; DYNAMIC EVOLUTION; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; KINETIC RATE EQUATION; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE TRACKING; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; MOMENT MODEL; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE POPULATION; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; POPULATION BALANCES; RANDOM NUMBERS; RANDOM WALK; RANDOM-WALK METHOD; SIMULATED REACTORS; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WEIGHTING METHODS;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CELLS; COAGULATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES;

EID: 84855470129     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.10.040     Document Type: Article

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