Monitoring fluidized bed dryer hydrodynamics using pressure fluctuations and electrical capacitance tomography

As part of the production of certain solid-dosage pharmaceuticals, granulated ingredients are dried in a batch fluidized bed dryer. Currently, the determination of the completion of the drying process is accomplished through measurements of product or outlet air temperatures. No quantitative measure...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chaplin, Gareth Edgar
Other Authors: Winters, Conrad
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2005
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Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-03222005-144527/