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An Analysis of Aerosol Dynamics with Diffusion-Limited Growth in a Batch Reactor

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Jiann Yang, Thomas Cleary, George Mulholland

Abstract

A set of approximate first-order ordinary differential equations was derived from the general dynamic equation (GDE) to study the aerosol dynamics with homogeneous nucleation and condensational diffusion-limited growth in an isothermal batch reactor. A lognormal size distribution was used, as an example, to illustrate the closure of the problem associated with the recursive nature of the moment equations in the formulation. The resulting set of approximate equations can be easily solved numerically to obtain the temporal variations of number concentration, volume fraction, vapor depletion, and other moments.
Citation
Technical Note (NIST TN) - 2326
Report Number
2326
NIST Pub Series
Technical Note (NIST TN)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2326
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Keywords

Aerosol dynamics, general dynamic equation, size distribution function.
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Citation

Yang, J. , Cleary, T. and Mulholland, G. (2024), An Analysis of Aerosol Dynamics with Diffusion-Limited Growth in a Batch Reactor, Technical Note (NIST TN), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2326, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=959242 (Accessed October 6, 2025)

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Created December 16, 2024
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