Pilot plants for industrial nanoparticle production by flame spray pyrolysis

KONA Powder and Particle Journal

Volumn 29, Issue , 2011, Pages 251-265

  Wegner, Karsten ^a,b   Schimmoeller, Björn ^a   Thiebaut, Bénédicte ^c   Fernandez, Claudio ^d   Rao, Tata N ^e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Wegner Consulting   (Switzerland)

^c JOHNSON MATTHEY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d Tecnan SL   (Spain)

^e INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol synthesis; Flame spray pyrolysis; Nanoparticles; Pilot plant; Scale up

Indexed keywords

COST ESTIMATING; FLAME SPRAYING; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PILOT PLANTS; PYROLYSIS; SPRAY GUNS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AEROSOL SYNTHESIS; ANNUAL PRODUCTION; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; LABORATORY REACTORS; NANO-PARTICLE PRODUCTION; NANOPOWDER SYNTHESIS; PILOT SCALE SYSTEM; SCALE-UP;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

EID: 84856362465     PISSN: 02884534     EISSN: 21875537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14356/kona.2011025     Document Type: Article

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