Blu_tri Introduction
Blu_tri What is Fluid Bed Drying
Blu_tri Data Charts Blu_tri Applications

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WHAT IS FLUID BED DRYING?

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A fluid bed is achieved by forcing a gas through a bed of solid particulate. The volume of the sample is increased as its density is decreased. As the gas percolates through the particles a fluid-like state is created.


DATA CHARTS

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APPLICATIONS

FOOD PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY
Germinated Barley
Brewer's yeast
Cereals
Coffee
Grains
Animal food
Rice
Tea
Sodium Alginate
MINERALS & MINING
Coal, Coke
Copper sulphate
Feldspar
Ferrous sulphate hydrous
Limestone
Magnesium sulphate hydrate
Peat
Potassium flouride
Sand
CHEMICAL & BIOCHEMICAL
Chenoxycholic acid
General chemicals
Drying agents
Ion exchange resins
Sephadex mol. sieve
Dyes & pigments
Phosphors & fine silica
PLASTICS & RESINS
Diakin acrylic polymer
Granular polymer (nibs)
Hydrophobic polymers
Hydrophilic polymers
Propylene-ethylene copolymers
Spherical polymers
PHARMACEUTICALS
Lithium carbonate
Cystein chloralose
Salicylic acid
Pancreatic bile acid and salts
5 sulphosalicylic acid
Plant extracts

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