An Investigation on Seeded Granules Formation in a Continuous Granulator using Discrete Element Method

Consistency in production of granules is crucial and hard, as not much is known
about solid processing as compared to fluid mixing. Considerable efforts have been
made in the past years to gain fundamental understanding in this matter but most
researchers have seen to be interested in the batch process, as it offers advantages
with respect to quality assurance. This is none other than due to a batch can always
be accepted or rejected. However, obviously continuous process offers lots of
advantages too and one of them is that they are a more reliable option for the large
scale industry. Thus purpose of this study is to get a better understanding of the
granulation process in a continuous mixer type of granulator. Discrete Element
Method(EDEM) simulation is to be performed to look into the particle dynamics on
the scale of individual particles.