Sulfur coating of urea in shallow spouted beds

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1073-1086

  Choi, Michael M S ^a,b   Meisen, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

air suspended coating; coating distribution; coating uniformity; spouted bed; Sulfur coated urea

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFUR;

SPOUTED BEDS; SULFUR COATED UREA;

UREA;

EID: 0031128168     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(96)00377-6     Document Type: Article

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