Effect of operating conditions and design parameters in a continuous powder mixer

Powder Technology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-36

  Vanarase, Aditya U ^a   Muzzio, Fernando J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Continuous powder mixing; Relative standard deviation (RSD); Residence time distribution (RTD); Variance reduction ratio (VRR)

Indexed keywords

BLADE CONFIGURATIONS; CONTINUOUS POWDER MIXING; DESIGN PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; FLOW BEHAVIORS; HOLD UP; IMPELLER ROTATION; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MIXING PERFORMANCE; OPERATING CONDITION; PHARMACEUTICAL MIXTURES; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATION (RSD); RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; RESIDENCE TIME; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION (RTD); RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; ROTATION RATE; VARIANCE REDUCTION RATIO; VARIANCE REDUCTION RATIO (VRR);

DRUG PRODUCTS; FLOW FIELDS; IMPELLERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); ROTATION; STATISTICS;

BLENDING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW RATE; MATERIALS TESTING; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MIXER; POWDER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEAR RATE;

EID: 79951675848     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.11.038     Document Type: Article

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