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Crystallization Analysis Toolbox – An Open Source PBE Solver

Population balance modeling is a widely used framework that can be utilized to describe the evolution of a population of particulate objects, characterized by a number of internal characteristic coordinates (e.g. their size) over time [1-4]. While an extensive literature on solution strategies for such systems exist, the mastering and implementation of these tools may be a time-consuming endeavor.

The Crystallization Analysis Toolbox (CAT) is a free and open-source tool for MATLAB currently under development, that is designed to facilitate access to population balance equations (PBEs), particularly aiming crystallization experts (and novices) unfamiliar with this framework, but with an interest in modeling (semi-)batch crystallization processes.

[1] Ramkrishna, D. (2000). Population Balances. Academic Press.
[2] Vetter, T., Mazzotti, M., Brozio, J. (2011). Cryst. Growth Des. 11, 3813-3821.
[3] Schöll, J., Lindenberg, C., Vicum, L. Borzio, J., Mazzotti, M. (2007). Faraday Discuss. 136, 247-264.
[4] Gherras, N., Fevotte, G. (2012) AIChE J. 58(9), 2650-2664.