The paper studies the approximation error in stochastic particle methods for spatially inhomogeneous population balance equations. The model includes advection, coagulation and inception. Sufficient conditions for second order approximation with respect to the spatial discretization parameter (cell size) are provided. Examples are given, where only first order approximation is observed.

Population Balance Modeling (PBM) is a powerful modeling framework that allows the prediction of dynamics distributed properties population individuals at mesoscale [...]