“…The analysis was performed by simulating various combinations of the independent variables. Five values of d 0 (25,50,100,200, and 500 nm), nine values of φ 0 (10 -4 , 5 × 10 -4 , 0.001, 0.003, 0.005, 0.007, 0.01, 0.05, and 0.1), and 10 values of W (1, 10, 100, 500, 10 3 , 10 4 , 10 5 , 10 6 , 10 7 , and 10 8 ) gave 450 possible combinations. For each combination, the population balance equation model was numerically solved for times up to the arrest time, where φ ) φ* and the time evolution behaviors of the distribution properties d h, m c , and N* were computed.…”