Granular flow fields in vertical high shear mixer granulators

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 415-426

  Ng, B H ^a   Kwan, C C ^a   Ding, Y L ^a   Ghadiri, M ^a   Fan, X F ^b   Parker, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Granulation; High shear granulator; Mixing; PEPT; Solids motion

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRANULATORS; INTERNAL FRICTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY;

HIGH SHEAR GRANULATOR; PEPT; SOLIDS MOTION;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRANULATORS; INTERNAL FRICTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 38849200341     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11389     Document Type: Article

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