CFD modeling of a pilot-scale countercurrent spray drying tower for the manufacture of detergent powder
- Submitting institution
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The University of Leeds
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- CHEM-48
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1080/07373937.2016.1163576
- Title of journal
- Drying Technology
- Article number
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- First page
- 281
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 0737-3937
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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https://doi.org/10.1080/07373937.2016.1163576
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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6
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Spray drying particulate products is an energy intensive process, often operated inefficiently. Process design and optimisation rely on experience and expensive/lengthy pilot-plant trials. Here a rigorous CFD-based process model is developed and applied to the P&G pilot-plant at Newcastle (email on request), enabling engineers to optimise the process for energy efficiency and achieve critical product attributes. This led to development of a computationally-expedient multi-zonal process model (doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2019.12.018) which, through Innovate UK funding (TSB101332), was commercialised into a digital design tool for spray drying in the gPROMS-FormulatedProducts software of Process Systems Enterprise in collaboration with P&G and Novozymes (emails on request).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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