Drum granulation of NPK fertilizers

Powder Technology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 282-288

  Walker, G M ^a   Holland, C R ^a   Ahmad, M N ^a   Fox, J N ^b   Kells, A G ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Irish Fertilizer Industries Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binder viscosity; Drum granulation; NPK fertilizer; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; GRANULATION; NITRATES; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

DRUM GRANULATION; FROUDE NUMBER;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

GRANULATION; PARTICLE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0033977555     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(99)00253-3     Document Type: Article

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