Intensive granulator

Akay, G. Tong, L. Addleman, R. Process intensification in particle technology intensive granulation of powders by thermo-mechanically induced melt fracture. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2002, 41, 5436-5446. 

Mixing and processing intensive granulation, static mixers, vortex mixers, rotor mixers... 

FIG. 20-71 Classification of agglomeration processes by agitation intensity and compaction pressure. Relative density is with respect to primary particle density and equals (1 — e) where e is the solid volume fraction. Reprinted from Granulation and Coating Technologies for High-Value-Added Industties, Ennis and Litster (1996) with permission of E G Associates. All rights reserved. 

Power dissipation can lead to temperature increases of up to 40°C in the mass. Note that evaporation of liquid as a result of this increase needs to be accounted for in determining liquid requirements for granulation. Liquid should be added through an atomizing nozzle to aid uniform hquid distribution in many cases. In addition, power intensity (kW/kg) has been used with some success to judge granulation end point and for scale-up, primarily due to its relationship to granule deformation [Holm loc. cit.]. Swept volume ratio is a preliminary estimate of expected power intensity. 

Pe, coj, and fio are dimensionless parametas relating to the opoating conditions Pe is Peclet number denoting the inverse of axial mixing intensity, coj denotes the inverse of volumetric loading rate per mass of granules, and ySo daiotes the dimensionless inlet substrate concentration as respectively defined as follows ... 

Procedure Add a few pieces of Zn metal granules to the 5 N HC1 solution and watch for the bubble formation due to the reaction between Zn metal and the acid, producing H2 gas, the intensity of which, however, decreases after some time. Now, place the flask in the ultrasonic bath and watch the change. 

With regard to the response time of the gel, polyelectrolyte gels require seconds to minutes to deform in electric fields. Needless to say, the deformation speed depends on the thickness of the gel and the intensity of the applied field. In 1993, a fast-responsive gel was found by Nanavati and Fernandez. A secretory granule gel particle obtained from beige mice and having a diameter of 3 pm at negative potentials was transparent and swollen within milliseconds of the application of an electric field of 5000 V/cm [19]. 

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