Application of positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) to validate a discrete element method (DEM) model of granular flow and mixing in the Turbula mixer

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 446, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 46-58

  Marigo, M ^a,c   Davies, M ^b   Leadbeater, T ^c   Cairns, D L ^b   Ingram, A ^c   Stitt, E H ^a  

^a JOHNSON MATTHEY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNSON MATTHEY CATALYSTS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEM; Particle mixing; PEPT; Turbula mixer

Indexed keywords

GLASS; TRACER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; DISPERSION; FLOW; MEASUREMENT; MIXER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; POSITRON EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG COMPOUNDING; ELECTRONS; POWDERS; ROTATION;

EID: 84874398846     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2013.01.030     Document Type: Article

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