Preliminary Program subject to change
TWC18 Granulation and Encapsulation
OverviewThis session is dedicated to the subject of the mechanics of dry and slightly wet powders including such operations as granulation and break-up of particles and agglomerates (milling). Experimental and theoretical presentations from both academia and industry are invited.
Primary SponsorParticulate Handling/Processing and Granular Systems (TWc)

Chair

Gabriel Tardos
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
CUNY
140th Street & Convent Ave
New York, NY 10031
Phone Number: (212) 650-6665
Email: tardos@che-mail.engr.ccny.cuny.edu

CoChair

James N. Michaels
Distinguished Scientist
Merck manufacturing Division
Merck and Co. Inc.
West Point, PA 19456
Phone Number: 215-692-9830
Email: James_Micaels@Merck.com
How Granule Characteristics Change When High Shear Granulators Are Scaled up?
Chih Chi Kwan, Institute of Particle Science and Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, Yulong Ding, Institute of Particle Science & Engineering, University of Leeds, Clarendon Road, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, Richard A. Williams, University of Leeds, Houldsworth Building, Clarendon Road, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom and Mojtaba Ghadiri, Institute of Particle Science and Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
Scale up and Control of Binder Agglomeration Processes -- Batch and Continuous
Paul Mort, Procter & Gamble Company, Ivorydale Technical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45217
"One-Dimensional" Scale-up of High-Shear Granulators
James N. Michaels1, Gordon Wang1, Leon Farber1, Karen P. Hapgood1, Jun-Hong Chou1, Stephen Heidel1 and Gabriel I. Tardos2, (1)Merck Manufacturing Division, Merck and Co. Inc., West Point, PA 19486, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering, The City College of the City University of New York, 140th Street & Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031
Wet Granule Breakage in High Shear Mixer Granulation
James D. Litster, Particle and Systems Design Centre, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia, Rachel M. Smith, Particle and System Design Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia and Neil Page, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4060, Australia
The morphology and strength of solidifying inter-particle bridges in a granule
Gabriel I. Tardos1, Leon Farber2 and James N. Michaels2, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, The City College of the City University of New York, 140th Street & Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031, (2)Merck Manufacturing Division, Merck and Co. Inc., West Point, PA 19486
Investigation of a Novel Method to Produce Water-Insoluble Microencapsulated Flavor Granules
Bhesh Bhandari1, Bruce D'Arcy2 and Syeda Begum2, (1)School of Land and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia, (2)The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia

Topical W: Fifth World Congress on Particle Technology