Time scale analysis for fluidized bed melt granulation III: Binder solidification rate |
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Authors: | Kel W Chua Yassir T Makkawi Michael J Hounslow |
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Affiliation: | aParticle Products Group, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom;bChemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | In series I and II of this study (
Chua et al., 2010a]
and
Chua et al., 2010b]
), we discussed the time scale of granule–granule collision, droplet–granule collision and droplet spreading in Fluidized Bed Melt Granulation (FBMG). In this third one, we consider the rate at which binder solidifies. Simple analytical solution, based on classical formulation for conduction across a semi-infinite slab, was used to obtain a generalized equation for binder solidification time. A multi-physics simulation package (Comsol) was used to predict the binder solidification time for various operating conditions usually considered in FBMG. The simulation results were validated with experimental temperature data obtained with a high speed infrared camera during solidification of ‘macroscopic’ (mm scale) droplets. For the range of microscopic droplet size and operating conditions considered for a FBMG process, the binder solidification time was found to fall approximately between 10−3 and 10−1 s. This is the slowest compared to the other three major FBMG microscopic events discussed in this series (granule–granule collision, granule–droplet collision and droplet spreading). |
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Keywords: | Fluidization Granulation Simulation Binder solidification Particle processing Particle technology |
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