Volume two of this two-part Chemical Engineering guidebook series contains articles that address a wide array of engineering challenges associated with blending bulk solids.
These practical articles review key criteria and provide practical engineering guidance to help users evaluate competing mixer options and choose the best system, given the specific material properties of the powder or bulk solids being blended.
Other topics include the challenge of blending powdered products into liquids, and incorporating floating solids into liquids. The subject of wet agglomeration is also covered in this guidebook.
These engineering tutorial-style articles were originally published in Chemical Engineering and include several hard-to-find articles.
PDF Format, 90 pages.
Table of Contents
• Fundamentals of Bulk Solids Mixing and Blending
Learn about mixing technology, types of blending equipment and key sampling practices to meet today’s requirements for robust processes
• Blender Selection And Avoidance of Post-Blender Segregation
Proper blender selection can improve the mixing of bulk solids. Be sure to consider post-blending segregation problems
• Pick the Right Solids Mixer
These criteria will help you commission the best model for a new application and may actually compel you to replace an existing one
• Blending, Sampling and Segregation
These aspects of dry solids mixing represent three sides of the same coin. Do not discount them.
• Don’t Fall For Common Misconceptions
Identify them, understand them and challenge them
• Guidelines for Solids Storage, Feeding and Conveying
These observations and recommendations— reflecting decades of experience — can help operators avoid a lot of headaches and heartache when it comes to handling bulk solids
• Disperse Difficult Solids
Recent advances in mixing technology offer increased efficiency in dispersing powdered additives into liquids for both low- and high-viscosity applications
• Solid Tips for Project Success
Material characterization, equipment specifications and contracting issues are key
• Automating Your Weigh Batching System
Reductions in dust, lower costs and improved measurement accuracy for your ingredients are just some of the advantages
• The Better Way to Mix Solids Into Liquids
The instinctive choice is in-tank mixing. But with problem powders, in-line mixing gives far better results.
• Incorporate Floating Solids Into Liquids
New and seasoned, these proven rules of thumb work hand in hand with achieving the desired drawdown
• Agglomeration Technology: Mechanisms
This review of agglomeration technology focuses on the mechanisms of agitation (wet granulation) and compression (compaction) methods
• Consider Wet Agglomeration To Improve Powder Flow
One way to avoid the flow problems associated with fine particles is to enlarge them
• Agglomeration Technology: Equipment Selection
Take more than product attributes into account when choosing agglomeration equipment
• Characterizing Powder Flow
Flow behavior is influenced by prevailing process conditions. Efforts to assess powder characteristics must be aligned with the process itself.
• Design Safer Solids Processing Plants
This approach defines a systematic framework and points toward relevant sources in the public domain
Mixing, Blending & Agglomeration
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Mixing, Blending and Agglomeration:
Volume 2 —Combining Bulk Solids
Volume two of this two-part Chemical Engineering guidebook series contains articles that address a wide array of engineering challenges associated with blending bulk solids.
These practical articles review key criteria and provide practical engineering guidance to help users evaluate competing mixer options and choose the best system, given the specific material properties of the powder or bulk solids being blended.
Other topics include the challenge of blending powdered products into liquids, and incorporating floating solids into liquids. The subject of wet agglomeration is also covered in this guidebook.
These engineering tutorial-style articles were originally published in Chemical Engineering and include several hard-to-find articles.
PDF Format, 90 pages.
Table of Contents
• Fundamentals of Bulk Solids Mixing and Blending
Learn about mixing technology, types of blending equipment and key sampling practices to meet today’s requirements for robust processes
• Blender Selection And Avoidance of Post-Blender Segregation
Proper blender selection can improve the mixing of bulk solids. Be sure to consider post-blending segregation problems
• Pick the Right Solids Mixer
These criteria will help you commission the best model for a new application and may actually compel you to replace an existing one
• Blending, Sampling and Segregation
These aspects of dry solids mixing represent three sides of the same coin. Do not discount them.
• Don’t Fall For Common Misconceptions
Identify them, understand them and challenge them
• Guidelines for Solids Storage, Feeding and Conveying
These observations and recommendations— reflecting decades of experience — can help operators avoid a lot of headaches and heartache when it comes to handling bulk solids
• Disperse Difficult Solids
Recent advances in mixing technology offer increased efficiency in dispersing powdered additives into liquids for both low- and high-viscosity applications
• Solid Tips for Project Success
Material characterization, equipment specifications and contracting issues are key
• Automating Your Weigh Batching System
Reductions in dust, lower costs and improved measurement accuracy for your ingredients are just some of the advantages
• The Better Way to Mix Solids Into Liquids
The instinctive choice is in-tank mixing. But with problem powders, in-line mixing gives far better results.
• Incorporate Floating Solids Into Liquids
New and seasoned, these proven rules of thumb work hand in hand with achieving the desired drawdown
• Agglomeration Technology: Mechanisms
This review of agglomeration technology focuses on the mechanisms of agitation (wet granulation) and compression (compaction) methods
• Consider Wet Agglomeration To Improve Powder Flow
One way to avoid the flow problems associated with fine particles is to enlarge them
• Agglomeration Technology: Equipment Selection
Take more than product attributes into account when choosing agglomeration equipment
• Characterizing Powder Flow
Flow behavior is influenced by prevailing process conditions. Efforts to assess powder characteristics must be aligned with the process itself.
• Design Safer Solids Processing Plants
This approach defines a systematic framework and points toward relevant sources in the public domain
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