Population Balance Equation Solver
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CAT is an open-source software designed to solve population balance equations as they typically arise in particulate processes and to analyze the results.
brought to you by:
Dave Ochsenbein, Automatic Control Laboratory, ochsenbein@control.ee.ethz.ch (active)
Dr. Martin Iggland (not active)
Numerical Methods currently supported
- Moving Pivot
- Central Difference
- High Resolution
Features supported by all solvers:
- Nucleation (homogeneous/heterogeneous)
- Growth (size dependent/independent)
- Dissolution (only size independent verified)
- Antisolvent and Temperature profiles in form of anonymous functions or piecewise-linear functions
- Arbitrary grid sizing
Features that are currently planned for the future:
- Ostwald / Viedma Ripening
- Lattice-Boltzman method
- 1D agglomeration and breakage
Further down the line:
- Solution of nD PBE problems and integration with morphology domain plotter
Cite As
Dave Ochsenbein (2026). Crystallization Analysis Toolbox (https://github.com/SPL-ethz/CAT), GitHub. Retrieved .
General Information
- Version 1.0.0.0 (312 KB)
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View License on GitHub
MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Versions that use the GitHub default branch cannot be downloaded
| Version | Published | Release Notes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0.0 |
