Modelling and validation of granulation with heterogeneous binder dispersion and chemical reaction

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4717-4728

  Braumann, Andreas ^a   Goodson, Mike J ^a   Kraft, Markus ^a   Mort, Paul R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Dispersion; Granulation; Particle formation; Product design; Reactive binder

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALGORITHMS; BINDERS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DROPS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOLIDIFICATION;

DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO (DSMC); MULTIDIMENSIONAL MODEL; PARTICLE FORMATION; REACTION RATE;

GRANULATION;

AGGLOMERATION; ALGORITHMS; BINDERS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DROPS; GRANULATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 34547430069     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.05.028     Document Type: Article

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