A model for the spray zone in early-stage fluidized bed granulation
A model for the spray zone in early-stage fluidized bed granulation
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早期流化床造粒喷雾区模型
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2006
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通讯作者:
A. Hoffmann
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作者:
S. Schaafsma;P. Vonk;N. Kossen;A. Hoffmann
The formation of granules in the spray zone of a top-spray ∞uid-bed granulation process using a known and uniform drop size is studied experimentally and theoretically. Experimental results indicate a multimodal size distribution of spherically-shaped granules. A model is presented to explain this based on the formation of nuclei, and the rapid coalescence of some of these nuclei with droplets or other nuclei in the spray zone of the bed. The model is based on a Bernoulli process and predicts the number frequency of granules to which n droplets have contributed. The model predictions are validated with experimental results for granule size distribution, and the nucleus residence time in the spray zone required to bring model predictions and experimental results into line is shown to be physically plausible by comparing with PEPT tracking of an agglomerate-like tracer particle.