Modelling pellet size and shape evolution during the breakage stage in spheronisation

• Main Authors: Whelan-Smith, J., How, M. S., Rough, S. L., Wang, L., Wilson, D. I.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2024
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106093/1/1-s2.0-S0032591024001074-main.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106093/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032591024001074
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

In the breakage stage of extrusion-spheronisation, initially cylindrical extrudates undergo simultaneous breakage and rounding on a rotating friction plate. This sets the starting conditions (number of pellets, size and shape distributions) for the subsequent, lengthy, rounding stage. The simultaneo...