Zhanjie Liu , Fernando J. Muzzio , Gerardo Callegari
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Powder agglomeration in continuous powder feeding by twin-screw feeder
The presence of powder agglomerates results in product with poor content uniformity and intermittent high potency in the processing of pharmaceutical powders.
We developed a novel and easy-to-implement methodology, applying image analysis, to quantify the size of powder agglomerates when a powder passes through a screw feeder. Subsequently, agglomeration tendencies of twenty-one pharmaceutical powders were examined and classified. Notably, both the size and endurance of agglomerates were quantified, and our study revealed that the agglomeration tendency of powders can be explained by particle size and compressibility: Powders with small particle size (D50 < 30 μm), and large compressibility (> 35% at 15 kPa normal stress) tend to form large and enduring agglomerates, which can be difficult to eliminate in downstream processes. The study also illustrates how two materials, one that produces enduring and the other unenduring agglomerates, display substantially different content uniformity in the final product after being processed semi-continuously.
期刊介绍:
Powder Technology is an International Journal on the Science and Technology of Wet and Dry Particulate Systems. Powder Technology publishes papers on all aspects of the formation of particles and their characterisation and on the study of systems containing particulate solids. No limitation is imposed on the size of the particles, which may range from nanometre scale, as in pigments or aerosols, to that of mined or quarried materials. The following list of topics is not intended to be comprehensive, but rather to indicate typical subjects which fall within the scope of the journal's interests:
Formation and synthesis of particles by precipitation and other methods.
Modification of particles by agglomeration, coating, comminution and attrition.
Characterisation of the size, shape, surface area, pore structure and strength of particles and agglomerates (including the origins and effects of inter particle forces).
Packing, failure, flow and permeability of assemblies of particles.
Particle-particle interactions and suspension rheology.
Handling and processing operations such as slurry flow, fluidization, pneumatic conveying.
Interactions between particles and their environment, including delivery of particulate products to the body.
Applications of particle technology in production of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, foods, pigments, structural, and functional materials and in environmental and energy related matters.
For materials-oriented contributions we are looking for articles revealing the effect of particle/powder characteristics (size, morphology and composition, in that order) on material performance or functionality and, ideally, comparison to any industrial standard.