Computational Models for Polydisperse Particulate and Multiphase Systems

Daniele L. Marchisio, Rodney O. Fox

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780521858489
• eBook ISBN: 9781107330665
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Providing a clear description of the theory of polydisperse multiphase flows, with emphasis on the mesoscale modelling approach and its relationship with microscale and macroscale models, this all-inclusive introduction is ideal whether you are working in industry or academia. Theory is linked to practice through discussions of key real-world cases (particle/droplet/bubble coalescence, break-up, nucleation, advection and diffusion and physical- and phase-space), providing valuable experience in simulating systems that can be applied to your own applications. Practical cases of QMOM, DQMOM, CQMOM, EQMOM and ECQMOM are also discussed and compared, as are realizable finite-volume methods. This provides the tools you need to use quadrature-based moment methods, choose from the many available options, and design high-order numerical methods that guarantee realizable moment sets. In addition to the numerous practical examples, MATLAB® scripts for several algorithms are also provided, so you can apply the methods described to practical problems straight away.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Preface
• Notation
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Mesoscale description of polydisperse systems
• 3 Quadrature-based moment methods
• 4 The generalized population-balance equation
• 5 Mesoscale models for physical and chemical processes
• 6 Hard-sphere collision models
• 7 Solution methods for homogeneous systems
• 8 Moment methods for inhomogeneous systems
• Appendix A Moment-inversion algorithms
• Appendix B Kinetics-based finite-volume methods
• Appendix C Moment methods with hyperbolic equations
• Appendix D The direct quadrature method of moments fully conservative
• References
• Index