Studies of fluid bed granulation in an industrial R&D context

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 3879-3890

  Boerefijn, R ^a   Hounslow, M J ^b  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Attrition; Granulation; Kinetics; Particle formation; Population balance

Indexed keywords

GRANULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LAUNDRIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISCOSITY;

BINDER VISCOSITY; FLUID BED GRANULATION; LAGRANGIAN-EULERIAN MODELLING; MELT BINDERS;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

FLUIDIZED BED;

EID: 18644367203     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.02.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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