Characterizing continuous powder mixing using residence time distribution

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 417-425

  Gao, Yijie ^a   Vanarase, Aditya ^a   Muzzio, Fernando ^a   Ierapetritou, Marianthi ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical modeling; Mixing; Optimization; Particle processing; Relative standard deviation; Residence time distribution

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS POWDER MIXING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH VOLUME MANUFACTURING; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MIXING PERFORMANCE; OPERATING CONDITION; PARTICLE PROCESSING; POWDER-BASED PRODUCTS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIXERS (MACHINERY); OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICS; SUGARS;

MIXING;

EID: 78650692565     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.10.045     Document Type: Article

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