A comparison of model order reduction techniques for a four-dimensional population balance model describing multi-component wet granulation processes

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 80, Issue , 2012, Pages 380-392

  Barrasso, Dana ^a   Ramachandran, Rohit ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Computation; Granulation; Model reduction; Multi dimensional; Multicomponent; Population balance

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; COMPUTATION TIME; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER; GAS VOLUME; LIQUID BINDERS; LUMPED PARAMETER; MODEL ORDER REDUCTION; MODEL REDUCTION; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL; MULTICOMPONENTS; PARTICLE CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION; POPULATION BALANCE MODELS; POPULATION BALANCES; REDUCED ORDER MODELS; SOLID COMPONENTS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); WET GRANULATION;

CALCULATIONS; GRANULATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STAINLESS STEEL;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84863818198     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.06.039     Document Type: Article

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