Twin screw wet granulation: Granule properties

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 164, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 322-329

  Dhenge, Ranjit M ^a   Fyles, Richard S ^a   Cartwright, James J ^b   Doughty, David G ^b   Hounslow, Michael J ^a   Salman, Agba D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous; Granulation; Granule properties; Shape; Twin screw granulator

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; BATCH PROCESS; CONTINUOUS; DISTRIBUTION OF SIZE; GRANULE PROPERTIES; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LIQUID TO SOLID RATIO; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; POWDER FEED RATE; PROCESS OPERATION; PROCESS VARIABLES; RESIDENCE TIME; SCREW SPEED; SHAPE; TWIN SCREW; WET GRANULATION; WORK FOCUS;

AGGLOMERATION; BATCH DATA PROCESSING; GRANULATORS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LIQUIDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCREWS;

GRANULATION;

EID: 77958152375     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.05.023     Document Type: Article

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