ON THE SELF-SIMILARITY OF THE AGGREGATION-FRAGMENTATION EQUILIBRIUM PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Authors
KOSTOGLOU M KARABELAS AJ
Citation
M. Kostoglou et Aj. Karabelas, ON THE SELF-SIMILARITY OF THE AGGREGATION-FRAGMENTATION EQUILIBRIUM PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION, Journal of aerosol science, 30(2), 1999, pp. 157-162
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Engineering, Chemical","Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences","Engineering, Mechanical
Journal title
Journal of aerosol science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218502
Volume
30
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
157 - 162
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8502(1999)30:2<157:OTSOTA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A rather simple (yet general) theoretical analysis is presented concer ning the steady-state particle size distribution in combined aggregati on-fragmentation processes. The general conditions are provided for th is distribution to exhibit self-similar behaviour. The theory is appli ed to the case of turbulent aggregation-fragmentation of fractal parti cles. It is shown that by using this analysis, experimental data can b e interpreted without resorting to a numerical solution of the populat ion balance equation. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserv ed.