Fluid Bed Particle Processing
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 978-87-7681-153-0
Table of contents: title: Content; title: 1. Introduction to fluid bed processing; title: 1.1. Types of fluid beds; title: 1.2. Important fluid bed parameters; title: 1.3. The Geldart classification of particles; title: 1.4. Advantages and disadvantages of fluid bed operations; title: 2. The process and principles of Wet agglomeration; title: 2.1. Introduction to the stages of the granulation processes; title: 2.2. Wetting and nucleation; title: 2.3. Granule growth behavior; title: 2.4. Breakage and attrition; title: 2.5. Simulation of the aggl. – a brief review on population balance theory; title: 2.6. Summing up on wet aggl. – Qual. guidelines for param. influencing aggl.; title: 3. Granule coating principles and properties in fluid beds; title: 3.1. Parameters describing the coating process and result; title: 3.2. Product, system and operating param. Aff. the coating process and effic.; title: 3.3. Influence of product and formulation vari. on coated granule morphology; title: 3.4. Aggl. or Coating?? – Qual. trends and attempts of find. a boundary param.; title: 3.5. Qualitative description of key parameters governing the coating process; title: 4. Mech. prop. of gran. and coating layer – strength and breakage mech.; title: 4.1. Properties characterising the granule strength; title: 4.2. Types of breakage mechanisms; title: 4.3. Towards a quantitative prediction of breakage mechanisms; title: 4.4. Qualitative trends of parameters affecting breakage; title: 4.5. Modern approach – a brief rev. on computer sim. of granule breakage; title: 4.6. Strength test methods – a brief review; title: 4.7. Summing up on granule strength; title: 5. Summary; title: 6. Table of symbols; title: 7. Literature; title: 8. Appendix A1: Derivation of the equation 2.5; title: 9. Appendix A2: From equation 2.5 to equation 2.7; title: 10. Appendix A3: Derivation of the dimensionless spray flux; title: 11. Appendix A4: Deriv. of Stokes viscous no. and Stokes critical viscous no.; title: 12. Appendix A5: Derivation of equation 3.1 describing the coating thickness; title: 13. Appendix A6: Derivation of equation 3.4; title: 14. Notes