1. Mass-based finite volume scheme for aggregation, growth and nucleation population balance equation.
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Singh, Mehakpreet, Ismail, Hamza Y., Matsoukas, Themis, Albadarin, Ahmad B., and Walker, Gavin
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DISCONTINUOUS precipitation ,DISTRIBUTION (Probability theory) ,EQUATIONS ,NONLINEAR differential equations - Abstract
In this paper, a new mass-based numerical method is developed using the notion of Forestier-Coste & Mancini (Forestier-Coste & Mancini 2012, SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 34, B840-B860. (doi:10.1137/110847998)) for solving a one-dimensional aggregation population balance equation. The existing scheme requires a large number of grids to predict both moments and number density function accurately, making it computationally very expensive. Therefore, a mass-based finite volume is developed which leads to the accurate prediction of different integral properties of number distribution functions using fewer grids. The new mass-based and existing finite volume schemes are extended to solve simultaneous aggregation-growth and aggregation-nucleation problems. To check the accuracy and efficiency, the mass-based formulation is compared with the existing method for two kinds of benchmark kernels, namely analytically solvable and practical oriented kernels. The comparison reveals that the mass-based method computes both number distribution functions and moments more accurately and efficiently than the existing method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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