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Dynamics of aerosol coagulation and condensation
Author(s) -
Ramabhadran T. E.,
Peterson T. W.,
Seinfeld J. H.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690220505
Subject(s) - aerosol , coagulation , condensation , constant (computer programming) , chemistry , particle (ecology) , volume (thermodynamics) , particle size , particle size distribution , thermodynamics , physics , organic chemistry , psychology , oceanography , psychiatry , computer science , programming language , geology
The dynamic behavior of aerosol size distributions under the influence of coagulation and growth by heterogeneous condensation of gaseous species is studied. Analytical solutions are obtained to the integro‐differential equation governing the aerosol size distribution density function. Two modes of coagulation (constant and linear coagulation constants) and two modes of condensation (growth independent of particle volume and linearly dependent on particle volume) are considered. The interaction of the two growth mechanisms on aerosol size distributions is elucidated.