Observations and Process Parameter Sensitivities in Fluid-Bed Granulation

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2802-2809

  Cryer, S A ^a   Scherer, P N ^a  

^a DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POWDERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT (DOE); FLUID BEDS;

GRANULATION;

FLUID FLOW; FLUIDIZED BED; GRANULAR BED; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344825355     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690491113     Document Type: Article

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