Design and Processing of Particulate Products

Jim Litster

Oct 2016 · Cambridge University Press

About this ebook

With this unique and comprehensive text, readers will gain the quantitative tools needed to engineer the particulate processes and products that are ubiquitous in modern life. Covering a series of particle and particulate delivery form design processes, with emphasis on design and operation to control particle attributes, and supported by many worked examples, it is essential reading for students and practitioners. Topics covered include a range of particle design processes such as crystallization and precipitation, granulation, grinding, aerosol processes and spray drying, as well as forms of delivery such as granules, tablets, dry powders, and aerosols. Readers will learn from real-world examples how the primary particle properties and the structure and properties of the delivery form can lead to high performance products, ranging from pharmaceuticals, consumer goods and foods, to specialty chemicals, paints, agricultural chemicals and minerals.

About the author

Jim Litster is Professor of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering at the University of Sheffield. His research area is Particulate Products and Processes, and he is an international leading expert on wet granulation with over 30 years of experience in the field. In recognition of his contribution to the field, he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 2010, was awarded the Thomas Barron Award in Fluid-Particle Systems from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2012, and received the Pharmaceutical Discovery, Development and Manufacturing Forum Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2015.