The general dynamic equation for aerosols
Abstract
The conservation equations for a spatially homogeneous aerosol are developed and solved. In developing the basic equations, a new form of the conservation equations or General Dynamic Equation (GDE), termed the discrete-continuous GDE, was developed. Particle growth rates limited by gas phase diffusion, surface, and volume reactions are discussed. Numerical techniques and their errors associated with the numerical solutions are discussed in detail. Techniques for simulating a sulfuric acid and water aerosol are presented. An exact solution to the continuous form of the GDE for a multicomponent aerosol for simplified cases is developed.
- Publication:
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Ph.D. Thesis
- Pub Date:
- February 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979PhDT........55G
- Keywords:
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- Aerosols;
- Conservation Equations;
- Particle Size Distribution;
- Analysis (Mathematics);
- Dynamic Characteristics;
- Nucleation;
- Sulfuric Acid;
- Water;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer