Population balance modelling of fluidized bed melt granulation: An overview

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 7 A, 2005, Pages 871-880

  Tan, H S ^a   Goldschmidt, M J V ^b   Boerefijn, R ^b   Hounslow, M J ^a   Salman, A D ^a   Kuipers, J A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discrete element model; Fluidized bed; Granulation; Kinetics; Population balance

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; GRANULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MELTING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS;

EQUIPARTITION; PARTICLE COLLISIONS; POPULATION BALANCE; RATE PROCESSES;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

FLUIDIZED BED;

EID: 22744456567     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd.04347     Document Type: Article

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