TY  - JOUR
Y1  - 2016///
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85009723967&doi=10.3303%2fCET1652217&partnerID=40&md5=4af130f49bd5557c4ccdc29d99f84982
A1  - Rahmanian, N.
A1  - Halmi, M.H.
A1  - Kong, C.C.
A1  - Patel, R.
A1  - Yusup, S.
A1  - Mujtaba, I.M.
JF  - Chemical Engineering Transactions
VL  - 52
N2  - Granulation is commonly used as an enlargement process of particles produce granules with desirable characteristics and functionality. Granulation process transforms fine powders into free-flowing, dust-free granules with the presence of liquid binder at certain operating conditions. The main focus of this research is on seeded granulation of detergent powders, a new phenomenon of granulation in which a layer of fine powders surround the coarse particle. This is already proven for calcium carbonate (Rahmanian et al., 2011). Here, detergent granules were produced in a 5 L high shear Cyclomix granulator using different fine/coarse powder ratio (1/3, 1, 3) and different binder ratio of 10 , 20  and 30 . The granules were then characterized for their particle size distribution, strength and structure. It was found that a high percentage (70 wt. ) of granules in the desired size range between 125 - 1,000 ?m were produced using the powder ratio of 1/3 and a binder content of 10 . Low mean crushing strength (3.0 N) with a narrow distribution was obtained using this condition. Structure characterization of the detergent granules produced in the granulator shows that consistent seeded granule structures are produced under the optimum process and formulation conditions of 1/3 powder ratio with 10  binder. Copyright © 2016, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.
KW  - Binders; Bins; Calcium carbonate; Granulation; Granulators; Particle size; Particle size analysis; Powders
KW  -  Different binders; Experimental investigations; Granulation process; Granule structure; Narrow distribution; Operating condition; Seeded granulations; Structure characterization
KW  -  Particles (particulate matter)
ID  - scholars7605
SN  - 22839216
PB  - Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC
EP  - 1302
AV  - none
N1  - cited By 5
TI  - An experimental investigation on seeded granulation of detergent powders
SP  - 1297
ER  -