Collision dynamics in fluidised bed granulators: A DEM-CFD study

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 108-123

  Fries, Lennart ^a   Antonyuk, Sergiy ^a   Heinrich, Stefan ^a   Dopfer, Daniel ^b   Palzer, Stefan ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; CFD; DEM; Fluidised bed granulation; Spouted bed; Wurster coater

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ANGULAR VELOCITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GRANULATION; GRANULATORS; GROWTH RATE; POWDERS; WETTING;

AMORPHOUS FOOD; COLLISION DYNAMICS; COLLISION FREQUENCY; DEM; FERTILIZER INDUSTRY; FLUIDISED BED; FLUIDISED BED AGGLOMERATION; GAS-LIQUID-SOLID; GEOMETRY MODIFICATIONS; LAB SCALE BATCH; MALTODEXTRINS; MODEL SUBSTANCE; PARTICLE DYNAMICS; PARTICLE VELOCITIES; PARTICLE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE-WALL COLLISION; PROCESS CONDITION; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; PRODUCT PROPERTY; SPOUTED BED; WURSTER-COATER;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 84870246901     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.06.026     Document Type: Article

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