Influence of the type of the high-shear granulator on the physico-chemical properties of granules

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1012-1019

  Hegedus, Ágota ^a   Pintye Hódi, Klára ^b  

^a GEDEON RICHTER LTD   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bulk and tapped densities; High shear granulator; Particle size distribution; Production scale; SEM

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; FLOW RATE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; IMPELLERS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ROBUST CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BINDER SOLUTION; HIGH SHEAR GRANULATOR; OPTIMAL RANGES; PRODUCTION SCALE;

GRANULATORS;

BINDERS; FLOW RATE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATORS; IMPELLERS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ROBUST CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 34548422287     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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