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Computers & Chemical Engineering, Vol.96, 33-41, 2017
Numerical solution of the population balance equation using an efficiently modified cell average technique
In order to increase the accuracy of the modified cell average technique (mCAT) alongside the zeroth and first moments and increase the speed of the technique, a new supplemental solver has been developed in the region of high amount time, a region where the ratio of the zeroth moment to the initial zeroth moment (mu(0)(t)/mu(0)(0)) is too small or too large depending on the process and the amount of error is high there. The solver is conceptually easy to understand and straightforward for programming. A number of analytically solved problems were simulated by incorporating this solver into the mCAT and the results were compared with the previous solver. Significant improvements for different phenomenon especially the aggregation related systems were observed. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.