Effect of granulation scale-up on the strength of granules

Powder Technology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 304-312

  Hassanpour, A ^a   Kwan, C C ^a   Ng, B H ^a   Rahmanian, N ^a   Ding, Y L ^a   Antony, S J ^a   Jia, X D ^a   Ghadiri, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; DEM modelling; Granulation; High shear granulator; Scale up; Strength

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATES; CONSTANT SHEARS; CRUSHING TESTS; DEM MODELLING; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHODS; ELONGATION FACTORS; FLOW CONDITIONS; HIGH SHEAR GRANULATOR; MACROSCOPIC FLOWS; MICROSCOPIC INTERACTIONS; PACKING FRACTIONS; SCALE-UP; SCALING UP; STRENGTH; STRESS CONDITIONS; STRESS PROFILES; TIP SPEEDS; VELOCITY GRADIENTS;

AGGLOMERATION; CALCIUM; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLYCOLS; GRANULATION; ISOTOPES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SHEAR STRESS; SHEARING; SHEARING MACHINES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SURVEYING; THEOREM PROVING; TRACKING RADAR;

GRANULATORS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; MACROGOL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; POSITRON; POWDER; SCALE UP; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; VELOCITY; WORK;

EID: 58349117456     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2008.04.023     Document Type: Article

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