Determination of shelf heat transfer coefficients along the shelf flow path of a freeze dryer using the shelf fluid temperature perturbation approach

Pharmaceutical Development and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 485-494

  Kuu, Wei Y ^a   Nail, Steven L ^a   Hardwick, Lisa M ^a  

^a BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductive heat transfer coefficient; Convective heat transfer coefficient; Local heat transfer coefficient; Local Nusselt number; Shelf heat transfer coefficient; Shelf insulation; Shelf temperature perturbation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FREEZE DRYING; GAS; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

AIR PRESSURE; ALGORITHMS; FREEZE DRYING; HEAT; ICE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYETHYLENES; RHEOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 35648934050     PISSN: 10837450     EISSN: 10979867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10837450701481223     Document Type: Article

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