Velocity distributions and mixing in the translational region of a kneading section in a co-rotating twin-screw extruder

Food and Bioproducts Processing

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-12

  Yerramilli, L ^a   Karwe, M V ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow number; Kneading blocks; Mixing; Twin screw extruder; Velocity measurements

Indexed keywords

EXTRUDERS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MIXING; NEWTONIAN FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

KNEADING; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDER; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

FOOD PROCESSING;

EID: 2542536210     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/096030804322985263     Document Type: Article

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