CFD modeling of the wurster bed coater

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2578-2590

  Karlsson, Stina ^a   Rasmuson, Anders ^a   Van WaChem, Berend ^a   Björn, Ingela Niklasson ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CFD; Coating; Drying; Fluidized bed; Wurster

Indexed keywords

CFD; CFD MODELING; DIFFERENT PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS MOTION; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HIGH QUALITY COATINGS; JET INLETS; LABORATORY SCALE; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MULTIPHASE FLUIDS; OPERATING CONDITION; PARTICLE PHASE; WETTING CONDITIONS; WURSTER;

COATINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEWATERING; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SIMULATORS; WETTING;

CURING;

EID: 70349157300     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11847     Document Type: Article

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