Particle drying and crystallization characteristics in a low velocity concurrent pilot scale spray drying tower

Powder Technology

Volumn 223, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-45

  Woo, M W ^a   Rogers, S ^a   Selomulya, C ^a   Chen, X D ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD; Crystallization; Lactose; Mono disperse; Spray drying; WLF

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS TECHNIQUE; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; DRYING CHARACTERISTICS; DRYING HISTORY; DRYING KINETIC; IN-SITU CRYSTALLIZATION; INLET AIR TEMPERATURES; INLET TEMPERATURE; LACTOSE; LOW VELOCITIES; MONO-DISPERSE; MONO-DISPERSED; PARTICLE DRYING; PILOT SCALE; SPRAY TOWER; WET-BULB; WLF;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DROPS; SPRAY DRYING; SUGARS;

TOWERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSION; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; SIMULATION; SPRAY DRYING;

EID: 84859871628     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.06.030     Document Type: Article

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