On the population balance equation
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Federico Sporleder
Federico Sporleder was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1981. He graduated as a Nuclear Engineer from the prestigious InstitutoBalseiro in Argentina in 2005. After working for two years for INVAP S.E. in Argentina, he began his Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, in Trondheim, Norway. His doctoral thesis was entitled “Simulation of chemical reactors using the least-squares spectral element method”, and was performed under the guidance of Prof. Hugo A. Jakobsen and Associate Prof. Carlos A. Dorao. After defending his thesis, he started working at SPT Group in Norway, where he works as a senior developer of the OLGA engine.
Zsolt Borka was born in the former Czechoslovakia, 1982. He holds a masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, in the Czech Republic. Currently Borka is a PhD candidate in the field of chemical reactor modeling at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. His main research interests lies in the fields of reactor and reaction engineering, multiphase flow, mathematical modeling, and computer science.
Jannike Solsvik is a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include mathematical modeling and numerical methods applied in the field of chemical reactor engineering.
Dr. Hugo Atle Jakobsen is University Professor in computational fluid dynamics applied to chemical reactor engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Engineering, Trondheim, Norway. His research interest includes multiphase and reactive flows in general, transport phenomena, reactor and reaction engineering, gas processing, mathematical modeling, numerical methods, supercomputing, and validation.
Abstract
The population balance equation (PBE) has been used in engineering for more than four decades. However, several misconceptions and misuses can be found in the literature. The present work provides a review of the origins and the derivation of the PBE. The main focus is on the inconsistencies between the theoretical foundation and the usual practice, as well as identifying and addressing some of the issues that cause confusion and contradiction among authors.
About the authors
Federico Sporleder was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1981. He graduated as a Nuclear Engineer from the prestigious InstitutoBalseiro in Argentina in 2005. After working for two years for INVAP S.E. in Argentina, he began his Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, in Trondheim, Norway. His doctoral thesis was entitled “Simulation of chemical reactors using the least-squares spectral element method”, and was performed under the guidance of Prof. Hugo A. Jakobsen and Associate Prof. Carlos A. Dorao. After defending his thesis, he started working at SPT Group in Norway, where he works as a senior developer of the OLGA engine.
Zsolt Borka was born in the former Czechoslovakia, 1982. He holds a masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, in the Czech Republic. Currently Borka is a PhD candidate in the field of chemical reactor modeling at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. His main research interests lies in the fields of reactor and reaction engineering, multiphase flow, mathematical modeling, and computer science.
Jannike Solsvik is a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include mathematical modeling and numerical methods applied in the field of chemical reactor engineering.
Dr. Hugo Atle Jakobsen is University Professor in computational fluid dynamics applied to chemical reactor engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Engineering, Trondheim, Norway. His research interest includes multiphase and reactive flows in general, transport phenomena, reactor and reaction engineering, gas processing, mathematical modeling, numerical methods, supercomputing, and validation.
©2012 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston
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