Binder liquid distribution during granulation process and its relationship to granule size distribution

Powder Technology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-112

  Smirani Khayati, N ^a   Falk, V ^a   Bardin Monnier, N ^a   Marchal Heussler, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Agglomeration kinetics; Binder liquid distribution; Binder liquid transfer coefficient; Wet granulation

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION KINETICS; BELGIUM; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; FIRST-ORDER; GRANULE PROPERTIES; GRANULE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HIGH SHEAR MIXERS; LIQUID DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID FLOW RATES; LIQUID VISCOSITY; MEAN DIAMETER; NEW PARAMETERS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PARAMETERS; POLY VINYL PYRROLIDONE; ROTATION SPEED; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; WET GRANULATION;

AGGLOMERATION; BINDERS; GRANULATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUGARS; VISCOSITY;

LIQUIDS;

2 PROPANOL; ALPHA LACTOSE; POVIDONE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; GRANULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; ROTATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 67650535283     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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