Mechanistic modeling of modular co-rotating twin-screw extruders

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 474, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 157-176

  Eitzlmayr, Andreas ^a   Koscher, Gerold ^b   Reynolds, Gavin ^c   Huang, Zhenyu ^c   Booth, Jonathan ^c   Shering, Philip ^c   Khinast, Johannes ^a,b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b RESEARCH CENTER PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING GMBH   (Austria)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co rotating twin screw extruder; Hot melt extrusion; Non Newtonian; One dimensional model; Residence time distribution

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CO ROTATING TWIN SCREW EXTRUDER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRUG MANUFACTURE; GENERAL DEVICE; HEAT TRANSFER; HOT MELT EXTRUSION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; CHEMISTRY; FLOW KINETICS; FREEZING; HEAT; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; ROTATION; TORQUE;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; FREEZING; HOT TEMPERATURE; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; ROTATION; TORQUE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84906771394     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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