Understanding powder caking: Predicting caking strength from individual particle contacts

Powder Technology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-152

  Wahl, M ^a   Brockel U ^a   Brendel, L ^b   Feise, H J ^c   Weigl, B ^c   Rock M ^d   Schwedes, J ^d  

^a TRIER UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Contact dynamics; Crystal bridges; Unconfined compressive yield strength and urea

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BRIDGES; DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; POWDERS; UREA;

CONTACT DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS MODELS; FOOD INDUSTRIES; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; MODELLING AND VALIDATIONS; POWDER CAKING; SIZE RANGES; SOLID PRODUCTS; STRENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; TEST DEVICES; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE YIELD STRENGTH AND UREA;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTACT ANGLE; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIMULATION; SOLID; TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 56649102287     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2008.04.062     Document Type: Article

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