Development of a prototype capacitive balance for freeze-drying studies

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3575-3584

  Rovero, Giorgio ^a   Ghio, Sabrina ^a   Barresi, Antonello A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Balance; Drying; Instrumentation; Lyophilisation; Pharmaceuticals; Process control

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOCOUPLES;

CAPACITIVE BALANCES; FREEZE-DRYING PROCESS;

LOW TEMPERATURE DRYING;

FREEZING;

EID: 0035907621     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(01)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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