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Modeling and simulation of population balances in particulate systems
Author(s) -
Qamar Shamsul
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.200700277
Subject(s) - finite volume method , nucleation , process (computing) , mathematics , population , scheme (mathematics) , volume (thermodynamics) , computer science , algorithm , mathematical optimization , mechanics , mathematical analysis , physics , thermodynamics , demography , sociology , operating system
This article focuses on the modeling and simulation of population balance equations (PBEs) for simultaneous growth, nucleation and aggregation processes. Two numerical method are proposed for this purpose. The first method combines the method of characteristics (MOC) for growth process with a finite volume scheme (FVS) for aggregation process. The second method uses a high resolution finite volume scheme to solve the resulting PBEs. The numerical results show that both methods give accurate results. However, the first method is more efficient and accurate as compared to the second method. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)