Prediction of fertilizer granulation: Effect of binder viscosity on random coalescence model

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2128-2133

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; CORRELATION METHODS; FERTILIZERS; FORECASTING; GRANULATION; VISCOSITY;

BINDER SOLUTIONS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

FERTILIZER;

GRANULAR MEDIUM;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; GRANULATION TISSUE; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0035795506     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie000647s     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. United Nations Industrial Development Organisation. Fertilizer Manual; Development and Transfer of Technology Series No. 13; United Nations: New York, 1999.
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3. Walker, G. M.; Magee, T. R. A.; Holland, C. R.; Ahmad, M. N.; Fox, N.; Kells, A. G. Granular fertilizer agglomeration in accelerated caking tests. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 1999, 38 (10), 4100-4103.
4. Sastry, K. V. S.; Fuerstenau, D. W. Mechanism of agglomerate growth in green pelletization. Trans. AIME 1973, 252, 254-258.