An efficient approach to obtain analytical solution of nonlinear particle aggregation equation for longer time domains

Nisha Yadav, Mehakpreet Singh, Sukhjit Singh, Randhir Singh, Jitendra Kumar, Stefan Heinrich

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Abstract

Population balances commonly incorporate physical kernels such as polymerization, generalized bilinear, and Brownian aggregation kernels, which have found widespread application in aerosol physics, astrophysics, chemical engineering, mathematical biology, and pharmaceutical sciences to monitor the dynamics of particles. However, finding analytical solutions for physical relevant kernels over longer time domains in order to validate these models remains a challenging task. The aim of this note is to enhance the semi-analytical solutions obtained from the Adomian decomposition method (ADM) for solving the nonlinear aggregation population balance equation. The applicability of ADM is limited to shorter time domains, and the accuracy of its results decreases as the time domain increases, thereby restricting its potential applications. Therefore, a hybrid approach based on ADM and Padé approximant is proposed to find the solutions of the non-linear aggregation equation. The accuracy of the new technique is evaluated by considering Brownian, polymerization and generalized bilinear kernels for which new generalized series solutions are obtained and compared against the finite volume scheme [Kumar et al. (2015), Kinet. Relat. Models 9(2), 373–391]. In addition, the new series solutions for the sum kernel are computed corresponding to a Gamma initial distribution. Quantitative errors in the number density functions are calculated for sum and product aggregation kernels and shown in tables to assess the accuracy of the proposed technique. The results indicate that the new approach provides more accurate analytical solutions for longer time domains while using fewer terms in the truncated series than the ADM and Homotopy perturbation method [Kaur et al. (2019), J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 52(38), 385201].

Original languageEnglish
Article number104370
JournalAdvanced Powder Technology
Volume35
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2024

Keywords

  • Adomian decomposition method
  • Brownian kernel
  • Finite volume scheme
  • Nonlinear equation
  • Padé approximant

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