Granulation of cohesive Geldart group C powders in a Mini-Glatt fluidized bed by pre-coating with nanoparticles

Powder Technology

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 206-217

  Chen, Yuhua ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Dave, Rajesh N ^a   Pfeffer, Robert ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesive powders; Dry coating; Fluidized bed; Granulation

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SIZES; COHESIVE POWDERS; CORNSTARCH PARTICLES; DRY COATING; FINE COHESIVE PARTICLES; FINE PARTICLES; FLOWABILITY; FLUIDIZATION BEHAVIORS; FLUIDIZED BED; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFERS; MIXING PROPERTIES; NANO-SIZED PARTICLES; OPERATING VARIABLES; PARTICLE COATINGS; PRE COATINGS; SCALE-UP;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COATINGS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; GRANULATION; MASS TRANSFER; POWDERS; STARCH;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 60449086434     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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