Some modelling aspects of aggregation kernels and the aggregation population balance equations

First published in
Communications in Computer and Information Science  
Number in series
305
Start Page
319
End Page
326
Citation
International Conference on Eco-Friendly Computing and Communication Systems (ICECCS 2012): 319-326 (2012)
Contribution to Conference
International Conference on Eco-Friendly Computing and Communication Systems, ICECCS 2012  
Publisher DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-32112-2_38
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84865243397
Publisher
Springer
Aggregation is one of the important processes in chemical and process engineering. To model this process aggregation population balance equation is widely used. The aggregation kernel is one of the most effective parameter of this aggregation equation. This is usually defined as the product of the aggregation efficiency and collision frequency functions. Several authors attempted to model the aggregation kernel using different approaches like theoretical, experimental and empirical approaches. In the present paper we are giving some important modelling aspects of these kernels. One can use these modelling aspects in other variants of the population balance equations with breakage, nucleation, growth, ..., etc. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.
Subjects
Aggregation equation
aggregation kernel
collision frequency function
dimensional analysis