Intra-particle coating variability: Analysis and Monte-Carlo simulations

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1117-1124

  Freireich, Ben ^a   Wassgren, Carl ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coating; Food processing; Granular materials; Particle processing; Pharmaceuticals; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; LIMITING VALUES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PARTICLE COATINGS; PARTICLE PROCESSING; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; RANDOM ORIENTATIONS; SINGLE PARTICLE; THEORETICAL MODELS;

COATINGS; FOOD PROCESSING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ROTATION; SIMULATORS; SPHERES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 71549124056     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.09.066     Document Type: Article

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