Simulating the early stage of high-shear granulation using a two-dimensional Monte-Carlo approach

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 673-685

  Oullion, M ^b   Reynolds, G K ^a   Hounslow, M J ^b  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Coalescence; Granulation; Monte Carlo; Multi dimensional; Nucleation; Population balance

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; GRANULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOSFET DEVICES; NUCLEATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

AGGREGATION; AGGREGATION MODELS; DENSITY FUNCTIONS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FIXED NUMBERS; GRANULE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; GROWTH OF PARTICLES; HIGH-SHEAR GRANULATIONS; INTENSIVE VARIABLES; INTERNAL VARIABLES; MONTE CARLO; MULTI POPULATIONS; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL; NEW MODELS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; POPULATION BALANCE; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATIONS; POSTERIORI; PRIMARY PARTICLES; RE-WETTING; SAMPLE VOLUMES; SOLID PHASIS; STOCHASTIC TECHNIQUES;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 58949100897     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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