A theoretical model is developed to consider the effect of demulsifier agent on demulsification of water-in-crude oil emulsion. A thermodynamic approach is considered to correlate the critical micelle concentration of a demulsifier to the collision frequency function in population balance equation (PBE). Based on the proposed correlation, the collision frequency function is modified to account ...

Aggregation kinetics are often described by the population balance (or Smoluchowski coagulation) equation. The population balance equation is a mean-field equation for an aggregation process. An upper critical dimension d, calculated for a given aggregation frequency has been used by other investigators to characterize the validity of this mean-field equation. It is shown that the upper critica...

Particulate processes are often encountered in industry. The polydispersity of some key properties characterizes particulate processes and makes them ill-suited to be modeled within the framework of conventional conservation equations only. In the mid 60s a tool called Population Balance Equation was developed to quantify the dynamics of particulate processes. This paper aims to give an introdu...

In this article, Adomian Method is applied for spatially inhomogeneous Population Balance Equation incorporating breakage and coalescence processes in both batch continuous flow systems. It should be Note that the analytical solutions obtained using technique are not available literature.