On the population balance equation

F Sporleder, Z Borka, J Solsvik… - Reviews in Chemical …, 2012 - degruyter.com
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 …

Thermohydrodynamic analysis of high speed water-lubricated spiral groove thrust bearing considering effects of cavitation, inertia and turbulence

X Lin, S Jiang, C Zhang, X Liu - Tribology international, 2018 - Elsevier
A thermohydrodynamic cavitating flow lubrication model including effects of cavitation,
inertia and turbulence for high speed water-lubricated spiral groove thrust bearing was …

Experiments on breakup of bubbles in a turbulent flow

J Vejražka, M Zedníková, P Stanovský - AIChE Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The breakup of air bubbles in a turbulent water flow is studied experimentally. Water flows
from a nozzle array, generating intense turbulence, and then flows downward through a cell …

Effect of breakup and coalescence kernels on polydispersed bubbly flow in continuous casting mold

Y Li, Z Liu, G Xu, B Li - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2024 - Elsevier
Previous studies on polydispersed bubbly flow in continuous casting (CC) mold were mainly
attentive to the modeling of shear-induced turbulence, interfacial force, and bubble swarm …

Mean drop size correlations and population balance models for liquid—liquid dispersion

MII Zainal Abidin, AA Abdul Raman… - AIChE …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Reliable models are required for accurate estimation of drop sizes which govern the
interfacial area and rate of mass transfer in a system where various correlations and models …

Turbulently flowing liquid–liquid dispersions. Part I: drop breakage and coalescence

F Azizi, AM Al Taweel - Chemical engineering journal, 2011 - Elsevier
A successful attempt to simulate turbulently flowing liquid–liquid dispersions was
undertaken in this work where the turbulent dispersion/coalescence of drops was accurately …

Influence of the dispersed phase fraction on experimental and predicted drop size distributions in breakage dominated stirred systems

S Maaß, N Paul, M Kraume - Chemical engineering science, 2012 - Elsevier
The effect of the dispersed phase fraction on the evolving drop size distribution in different
low viscous agitated liquid/liquid systems was investigated. The analysis focused on the …

Modeling and operability analysis of water separation from crude oil in an industrial gravitational coalescer

M Mohayeji, M Farsi, MR Rahimpour… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2016 - Elsevier
The main aim of present study is to develop a mathematical model to analyze the
performance of an industrial gravitational coalescer to separate water from crude oil. The …

Enhancement investigation of mass transfer and mixing performance in the static mixers with three twisted leaves

YF Yu, Y Li, HB Meng, HC Liu, B Li… - International Journal of …, 2023 - degruyter.com
The mass transfer and mixing performance in the static mixers with three twisted leaves
(TKSM) were investigated by the computational fluid dynamics coupled population balance …

Size distribution of daughter bubbles or drops resulting from binary breakup due to random initial deformation conditions

M Zednikova, P Stanovský, S Orvalho - Separation and Purification …, 2025 - Elsevier
The prediction of the interfacial area and hence the size distribution of bubbles or droplets in
dispersed multiphase systems is of key importance as these are fundamentals parameters …