Effect of powder densities, particle size and shape on mixture quality of binary food powder mixtures

Powder Technology

Volumn 272, Issue , 2015, Pages 165-172

  Shenoy, Pooja ^a,b   Viau, Maxime ^c   Tammel, Kristel ^d   Innings, Fredrik ^e   Fitzpatrick, John ^b   Ahrné, Lilia ^a  

^a SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c Tetra Pak Guerin Systems Powder Institute   (France)

^d Santa Maria AB   (Sweden)

^e Tetra Pak AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Density ratios; Dry powder mixing; Food powders; Mixture homogeneity; Segregation; Size ratios

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; MIXING; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS;

DENSITY RATIO; DRY POWDERS; FOOD POWDERS; MIXTURE HOMOGENEITY; SIZE RATIO;

SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CONDUCTANCE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD QUALITY; MIXER; OREGANO; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; QUALITY CONTROL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; THYME; WEIGHT;

EID: 84916888281     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2014.11.023     Document Type: Article

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