The course wants to introduce the students to population balances. The course will describe the main phenomena involved: nucleation, growth, aggregation and breakage. Numerical methods for their solution and integration into CFD multiphase codes will also be described.

ability to formulate and solve a population balance item numerical solution of population balances with different methods coupling of population balances with CFD

Basic knowledge of calculus, physics and chemistry

Definition of population balances, application of population balances to multiphase systems for sustainable engineering applications, solution methods and coupling with CFD

The course is made of theoretical lectures (50%) and practical hands-on sessions (50%).

The theoretical lectures focus on description of test cases and practical applications, whereas the hands-on sessions focus on the development of simple computer codes to solved population balance problems.

Ramkrishna, D. Population Balances: Theory and Applications to Particulate Systems in Engineering. Academic Press, San Diego, 2000. ISBN 978-0-12-576970-9. Marchisio, D. L.; Fox, R. O. Computational Models for Polydisperse Particulate and Multiphase Systems. Cambridge Series in Chemical Engineering, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2013. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139016599. ISBN 978-0-521-85848-9.

Libro di testo;

Modalita di esame: Elaborato progettuale in gruppo;

Exam: Group project;

... The exam consists of a group project assigned at the beginning of the semester in which the students have to numerically solve a real industrial population balance problem.

Gli studenti e le studentesse con disabilita o con Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento (DSA), oltre alla segnalazione tramite procedura informatizzata, sono invitati a comunicare anche direttamente al/la docente titolare dell'insegnamento, con un preavviso non inferiore ad una settimana dall'avvio della sessione d'esame, gli strumenti compensativi concordati con l'Unita Special Needs, al fine di permettere al/la docente la declinazione piu idonea in riferimento alla specifica tipologia di esame.