Effects of process parameters on granules properties produced in a high shear granulator

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 512-518

  Rahmanian, Nejat ^a   Naji, Ayman ^a   Ghadiri, Mojtaba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclomix; Granulation; Granule size distribution; High shear granulator; Strength characterisation

Indexed keywords

ADDITION METHOD; BINDER VISCOSITY; CYCLOMIX; GRANULE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HIGH SHEAR GRANULATOR; HOSOKAWA MICRONS; IMPELLER SPEED; NETHERLANDS; POWDER BED; PROCESS PARAMETERS; STRENGTH CHARACTERISATION; STRENGTH DISTRIBUTION; UNDERLYING CAUSE;

BINDERS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; GLYCOLS; GRANULATORS; IMPELLERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VISCOSITY;

GRANULATION;

EID: 79956149765     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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