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The Macro Scale I: Processing for Granulation Processes
- Fluidised Bed Granulation
- High Shear Granulation
- Twin Screw Granulation
- Roller Compaction
- Spray Drying
- Extrusion-Spheronisation and Pelletisation
- Tableting
- Coating and Encapsulation
The Macro Scale II: Applications
- Agglomeration in the Food Industry
- Sensory Perception and Mouthfeel of Food Particles
- Pharmaceutical Granulation
- Fertiliser Granulation
- Detergent and Personal Care Products
- Agglomeration in the Metallurgical Industry
- Agglomeration in Suspension-Flocculation
- Nanoparticle-Granulation
- Agglomeration in Catalysts
- Bio-granulation-Aerobic granulation
- Undesired Agglomeration and Powder Caking
- Green Granulation - Innovative Processes
The Meso Scale: Mechanistic Description
- Wetting and Nucleation, and Growth and Consolidation
- Granulation Rate Processes
- Breakage in Granulation
- Transport Phenomena during Granulation
The Micro Scale: Granules and Smaller
- Structure-Property (Granule Structure, Product Performance)
- Droplet; wetting, spreading and rebound phenomena
- Interparticle Forces – Particle Adhesion – Sintering – Liquid bridge
- New Granule Characterisation Methods
- Hierarchically Structured Granules
Science & Technology of Reconstitution
- Fundamentals of Reconstitution: Wetting, Capillarity, Dispersion, Dissolution
- Innovative Analytical Methods to measure Reconstitution
- Mathematical Modelling of Reconstitution Processes
- Powder Processing Technologies to enhance Reconstitution
- Effect of Powder Structure on Reconstitution and related Functional Properties
Systems Engineering of Granulation Processes
- Control of Granulation Processes
- Control and Optimisation of Flowsheets
- Dynamic Flowsheet Modelling
General Topics
- Continuous Granulation (including Feeding, Blending and Granule Composition)
- Process Control in Continuous and Batch Systems
- Tools for Process Control and PAT
- Scale-Up
- Powder Mixing
- Toxicity of Nanoparticles
- Evaluating Product Performance
- Environmental Aspects / Energy Consumption
- Granulation: Variability and Error
- On-line measurement
- Affordability/Economics of Granulation
- Industrial Challenges in Manufacturing
- Feed Forward Control based on Powder Characterisation
- Fast Start up and Shut downs
- Quality Monitoring