Coagulation equations with mass loss

We derive and solve models for coagulation with mass loss arising, for example, from industrial processes in which growing inclusions are lost from the melt by colliding with the wall of the vessel. We consider a variety of loss laws and a variety of coagulation kernels, deriving exact results w...

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Main Authors: Wattis, Jonathan A.D., McCartney, D. Graham, Gudmundsson, Throstur
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Published: 2004
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/940/
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author Wattis, Jonathan A.D.
McCartney, D. Graham
Gudmundsson, Throstur
author_facet Wattis, Jonathan A.D.
McCartney, D. Graham
Gudmundsson, Throstur
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description We derive and solve models for coagulation with mass loss arising, for example, from industrial processes in which growing inclusions are lost from the melt by colliding with the wall of the vessel. We consider a variety of loss laws and a variety of coagulation kernels, deriving exact results where possible, and more generally reducing the equations to similarity solutions valid in the large-time limit. One notable result is the effect that mass removal has on gelation: for small loss rates, gelation is delayed, whilst above a critical threshold, gelation is completely prevented. Finally, by forming an exact explicit solution for a more general initial cluster size distribution function, we illustrate how numerical results from earlier work can be interpreted in the light of the theory presented herein.
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spelling nottingham-9402020-05-04T20:31:44Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/940/ Coagulation equations with mass loss Wattis, Jonathan A.D. McCartney, D. Graham Gudmundsson, Throstur We derive and solve models for coagulation with mass loss arising, for example, from industrial processes in which growing inclusions are lost from the melt by colliding with the wall of the vessel. We consider a variety of loss laws and a variety of coagulation kernels, deriving exact results where possible, and more generally reducing the equations to similarity solutions valid in the large-time limit. One notable result is the effect that mass removal has on gelation: for small loss rates, gelation is delayed, whilst above a critical threshold, gelation is completely prevented. Finally, by forming an exact explicit solution for a more general initial cluster size distribution function, we illustrate how numerical results from earlier work can be interpreted in the light of the theory presented herein. 2004 Article PeerReviewed Wattis, Jonathan A.D., McCartney, D. Graham and Gudmundsson, Throstur (2004) Coagulation equations with mass loss. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 49 . pp. 113-131. ISSN 0022-0833 Smoluchowski coagulation aggregation cluster size distribution http://www.springer.com/physics/mechanics/journal/10665
spellingShingle Smoluchowski coagulation
aggregation
cluster size distribution
Wattis, Jonathan A.D.
McCartney, D. Graham
Gudmundsson, Throstur
Coagulation equations with mass loss
title Coagulation equations with mass loss
title_full Coagulation equations with mass loss
title_fullStr Coagulation equations with mass loss
title_full_unstemmed Coagulation equations with mass loss
title_short Coagulation equations with mass loss
title_sort coagulation equations with mass loss
topic Smoluchowski coagulation
aggregation
cluster size distribution
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/940/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/940/