Simulation of the spray drying of single granules: The correlation between microscopic forces and granule morphology

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1778-1786

  Breinlinger, Thomas ^a   Hashibon, Adham ^a   Kraft, Torsten ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRYING; NUMERICAL METHODS; SPRAY DRYING;

CERAMIC INDUSTRIES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; FORMATION PROCESS; GRANULE FORMATIONS; GRANULE MORPHOLOGY; NEW CORRELATIONS; SINGLE DROPLET; SINGLE GRANULE;

GRANULATION;

EID: 84929652142     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jace.13557     Document Type: Article

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