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- Title
Torque Mapping as a Novel Method for In-Line Characterisation of Spherical Agglomeration Process Kinetics.
- Authors
Schreier, Julia; Bröckel, Ulrich
- Abstract
This study presents a novel method to determine the kinetics of spherical agglomeration in-line via monitoring the stirrer torque. In order to confirm that the torque can be used to characterise the process phases, samples were taken at different times during the agglomeration process and the morphology of agglomerates is examined using X-ray microtomography. It can be shown that if the stirrer torque is decreasing, the fast growth regime starts. Additionally, the influence of binding-liquid concentration as well as the primary particle shape was studied. Both have an influence on the process kinetics as well as on the different growth mechanisms of agglomerates during spherical agglomeration. These two growth mechanisms, distribution and immersion, can be identified by the morphological parameters sphericity, packing density and fractal dimension. In particular, the concept of fractal dimension was not used so far on agglomerates obtained from spherical agglomeration.
- Subjects
X-ray computed microtomography; FRACTAL dimensions; TORQUE; AGGLOMERATION (Materials); DENSITY; MORPHOLOGY
- Publication
Processes, 2024, Vol 12, Issue 8, p1718
- ISSN
2227-9717
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/pr12081718