Analysis of the release process of phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride from ethylcellulose matrix granules V. Release properties of ethylcellulose layered matrix granules

In the pharmaceutical preparation of a controlled release drug, it is very important and necessary to understand the release properties. In previous papers, a combination of the square-root time law and cube-root law equations was confirmed to be a useful equation for qualitative treatment. It was also confirmed that the combination equation could analyze the release properties of layered granules as well as matrix granules. The drug release property from layered granules is different from that of matrix granules. A time lag occurs before release, and the entire release property of layered granules was analyzed using the combination of the square-root time law and cube-root law equations. It is considered that the analysis method is very useful and efficient for both matrix and layered granules. Comparing the granulation methods, it is easier to control the manufacturing process by tumbling granulation (method B) than by tumbling-fluidized bed granulation (method C). Ethylcellulose (EC) layered granulation by a fluidized bed granulator might be convenient for the preparation of controlled release dosage forms as compared with a tumbling granulator, because the layered granules prepared by the fluidized bed granulator can granulate and dry at the same time. The time required for drying by the fluidized bed granulator is shorter than that by the tumbling granulator, so the fluidized bed granulator is convenient for preparation of granules in handling and shorter processing time than the tumbling granulator. It was also suggested that the EC layered granules prepared by the fluidized bed granulator were suitable for a controlled release system as well as the EC matrix granules.     

煤在热载体流化床中的热解模型

煤粒在热载体流化床中的热解规律对于设计煤气、热、电三联产的关键装置－热载体流化床干馏炉是十分重要的。本文建立了煤粒在热载体流化床中的传热和热解反应的微分方程，并对其进行了数值求解，得到了煤粒度、热载体流化床操作速度、热载体流化床床层温度、热载体颗粒粒径等对煤气产率的影响规律，为热载体流化床干馏炉的设计提供了计算方法和理论依据。     

Microwave drying of granules containing a moisture-sensitive drug: a promising alternative to fluid bed and hot air oven drying

The impact of microwave drying and binders (copolyvidone and povidone) on the degradation of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and physical properties of granules were compared with conventional drying methods. Moist granules containing ASA were prepared using a high shear granulator and dried with hot air oven, fluid bed or microwave (static or dynamic bed) dryers. Percent ASA degradation, size and size distribution, friability and flow properties of the granules were determined. Granules dried with the dynamic bed microwave dryer showed the least amount of ASA degradation, followed by fluid bed dryer, static bed microwave oven and hot air oven. The use of microwave drying with a static granular bed adversely affected ASA degradation and drying capability. Dynamic bed microwave dryer had the highest drying capability followed by fluid bed, static bed microwave dryer and conventional hot air oven. The intensity of microwave did not affect ASA degradation, size distribution, friability and flow properties of the granules. Mixing/agitating of granules during drying affected the granular physical properties studied. Copolyvidone resulted in lower amount of granular residual moisture content and ASA degradation on storage than povidone, especially for static bed microwave drying. In conclusion, microwave drying technology has been shown to be a promising alternative for drying granules containing a moisture-sensitive drug.     

Computer-aided modeling of the chemical process of drying of a moving dense multilayer mass of phosphorite pellets

Mathematical and computer models were developed for the chemical process of drying of a moving dense multilayer mass of phosphorite pellets in a travelling grate machine. These models take into account the intensity of the internal moisture transfer in a pellet and the overmoisturization of individual horizons in the heated bed of pellets, which enables one to determine the technological parameters of the drying mode. The adequacy of the developed mathematical model was tested by comparing the calculated values of the moisture content and temperature of pellets, the characteristics of the heat-transfer gas, and the intensity of the moisture transfer in pellets while drying in a moving dense bed with the results of industrial tests. Numerous computational experiments were performed to determine the relative degree of drying, the moisture content, the pellet drying intensity, and the moisture content of the heat-transfer gas at various characteristics of moist pellets and the operating technological parameters of the travelling grate machine.     

射流流化床煤气化炉中气固流动和传热、传质的CFD模拟研究

通过双流体模型对射流流化床煤气化炉进行了CFD（Computational Fluid Dynamics,计算流体力学）模拟。模拟着重分析了流化床气化炉气固流动的特性和传质、传热过程。结果表明,流化床中气固两相的传热、传质过程与气体和颗粒的运动特性密切相关。     

Sorption-enhanced steam reforming of hydrocarbons with autothermal sorbent regeneration in a moving heat wave of a catalytic combustion reaction

A novel technological concept of sorption-enhanced steam reforming of hydrocarbons is suggested. The peculiarity of the concept is the autothermal regeneration of the carbon dioxide scavenger in the moving super-adiabatic heat wave of an exothermic catalytic combustion reaction performed directly inside the adsorption-catalytic bed. The capability and high efficiency of the proposed technological approach are confirmed by process simulation. The approach proposed is shown to open a way for the creation of an inexpensive, reliable and energy-saving adiabatic packed bed methane processors of unlimited processing capacity.     

12兆瓦热电气多联产装置的开发

介绍了为解决某钢铁企业的中热值煤气，蒸汽和电的短缺而开发的一台12MW的热电气多联产装置，在该系统中，把一台流化床气化炉和一台75t/h循环流化床锅炉结合在一起，从而实现煤气和蒸汽联产，在详细介绍了该装置的设计思想和结构特点的同时，用所建的热电气多联产模型对该装置包括煤气产量，煤气成分，煤气热值和系统运行温度等在内的性能参数进行了预测。     

扩张床吸附技术

扩张床是流化床的一种特例。它具有流化床的特点,能处理含悬浮颗粒的液体。又具有固定床的优点,流动成活塞流;返混程度低,分离效率高。作为蛋白质的初步分离方法,它能取代固液分离、浓缩和初步纯化等三步操作。具有提高收率、降低投资费用、缩短操作时间等优点,成为生物工程下游过程的研究热点。本文综述了近年来扩张床吸附技术的发展。包括：1、原理：床层的分层稳定性、吸附剂和吸附柱;2、操作：吸附、洗涤、洗脱和再生4个步骤;3、流动动力学特性：床层扩展特征和停留时间分布;4．在蛋白质纯化中的应用。     

Integration of biomass drying with combustion/gasification technologies and minimization of emissions of organic compounds

Moisture content (MC) of green biomass or raw biomass materials (wood, bark, plants, etc.) commonly exceeds 50 mass % (wet basis). The maximum possible MC of biomass fuel for big scale combustion (e.g. fluidized bed combustion with low external heat losses) is approximately 60–65 mass %. Higher biomass MC generally causes operational problems of biomass combustors, lower stability of burning and higher CO and VOC emissions. Gasification of biomass with higher MC produces fuel gas of lower effective heating values and higher tar concentrations. In this review, various technological schemes for wood drying in combination with combustion/gasification with the assessment of factors for possible minimization of emissions of organics from the drying processes are compared. The simple direct flue gas biomass drying technologies lead to exhaust drying gases containing high VOC emissions (terpenes, alcohols, organic acids, etc.). VOC emissions depend on the drying temperature, residence time and final MC of the dried biomass. Indirect biomass drying has an advantage in the possibility of reaching very low emissions of organic compounds from the drying process. Exhaust drying gases can be simply destroyed as a part of the total combustion air (gas) in a combustion chamber or a gasifier. Liquid, condensed effluents have to be treated properly because they have relatively high content of organic compounds, some of them accompanied by odor. Drying of biomass with superheated steam offers more uniform drying of both small and bigger particles and shorter periods of higher temperatures of the dried biomass, particularly if drying to the final MC below 15 mass % is required. In practical modern drying technologies, biomass (mainly wood) is dried in recirculated gas of relatively high humidity (approaching saturation) and the period of constant rate drying is longer. Drying of moist wood material (saw dust, chips, etc.) is required in wood pellet production. Emissions of organics in drying depend on biomass properties, content of resins, storing time and on operational aspects of the drying process: drying temperature, drying medium, final MC, residence time, and particle size distribution of the dried biomass (wood). Integration of biomass drying with combustion/gasification processes includes the choice of the drying medium (flue gas, air, superheated steam). Properties of the drying media and operational parameters are strongly dependent on local conditions, fuel input of the combustion/gasification unit, cleaning of the exhaust drying media (gas, steam, wastewater), and on environmental factors and requirements.     

Combined Processes of Polymerization and Drying of Prepolymer Grains in Double-Section Apparatus with Fluidized Bed

The possibility of combining polymerization and drying in obtaining polymers from derivatives of methacrylic acid was revealed experimentally. A mathematical model of combined polymerization and solvent removal under conditions of a fluidized bed of the material was developed.     

Convective-Infrared Drying of a Polyamide-based Composite in a Fluidized Bed

The effect of convective-infrared drying of a glass-filled polyamide in a fluidized bed on the diffusion properties of the material and physicomechanical properties of the articles obtained is considered.     

Kinetic study of isothermal oil shale pyrolysis: 2. Evaluation of the organic pyroproducts distribution

An isothermal fluidized bed reactor was used to pyrolyze small samples of 0.2–3 mm oil shale particles under an inert gas flow (nitrogen). A cooled Tenax trap was used for collecting the liquid organic products eluted from the reactor at different temperatures and time intervals (during the isothermal reaction). The trapped products were concentrated, and injected by means of a CDS 320 apparatus into a gas chromatograph. The gas chromatographic (GC) profile was utilized as an indication for the distillation curve rather than for the characterization of single compounds, the overall GC profile was used for kinetic interpretation. The analyses of gaseous and liquid samples, which were taken at different time intervals during the isothermal reaction, indicate only a slight change in the product distribution, e.g. an increase in the light-end products with the progress of the reaction. A decrease in sulphur-containing products was found to correlate with reaction progress. These observations indicate that diffusion or volatilization are probably not the rate-determining steps. Light-end (< C₁₀) products were more abundant at high temperatures than at lower temperatures; with larger particle size the reverse trend was observed. Moreover, the branched and the alicyclic fractions were observed less as the bed temperature increased, indicating an enhanced cracking, mainly of the branched and the alicyclic fractions, at these higher temperatures. The effect of particle size is explained on the basis of heat transfer effects.The mechanism previously proposed for alkene/alkane production was also found to be adaptable to the fluidized bed experiments.     

加压流化床流化性质的实验与模拟研究

在二维射流流化床装置中,考察了压力对颗粒和气泡运动的影响规律.通过使用摄像技术详细的记录了压力下气泡的行为,并对其进行了分析,由此解决了较高压力下测量流态化性质较为困难的问题.数值研究通过CFD双欧拉模型模拟了带有V形分布器和中心射流的二维流化床内压力对气泡大小、床的膨胀率和射流深度的影响.实验和理论结果表明,在加压状态下,射流气速和分布板气速对气泡的产生、大小及形状有不同的影响.在较高的操作压力下,射流气速增加,气泡变长;分布器气速增大,气泡则变大;射流高度随着分布器气速的增加而降低.模拟结果与实验数据吻合较好,由此该模型为研究较高操作压力下射流流化床流化性质提供了有利的工具.     

Surface Treatment of Dimenhydrinate Crystals

Dimenhydrinate is a heat-sensitive antihistamine with a low melting point. The heat-sensitive feature is of importance if direct compression is used. Direct measurement of the heat originating in the texture of tablets during compression is very difficult. Thermoanalytical methods were used as indirect methods to describe the changes in material properties at high temperature: differential scanning calorimetry, thermomicroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. Film coating method is widely used in pharmaceutical technology. A fluidized bed apparatus was applied to coat the crystals. The coating film forming agent was hydroxy-propyl-methylcellulose (HPMC), which is a gastric-soluble polymer. Thermoanalytical measurements reveal that dimenhydrinate crystals are sensitive to heat. Film coating method does not alter the shape of the DSC curve of dimenhydrinate, but increases the melting point. The presence of a macromolecular film reduces the thermal conductivity, because it separates the particles. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Carbon monoxide reduction in solid oxide fuel cell–mini gas turbine hybrid power system

In this paper, combined heat and power frameworks employing solid oxide fuel cell power module and a small-scale gas turbine are presented. The offered system is utilized as heat and power supply for residential consumers with a carbon dioxide sorption circulating fluidized bed. As well a favorable solution for the high penalties associated with CO₂ capture and reuse of the CO contents is offered. The combined heat and power system considered by a different arrangement in order to high proficiency, controllability, heat recovery and high capacity of energy. In the proposed system, the unburned product from the solid oxide fuel cell is re-extracted and utilized as a fuel source. The suggested system is analyzed by the first and second law of thermodynamics. During this study, comprehensive calculations of chemistry and thermal within the fuel cell are performed to get accurate results. The impact of various parameters, for example fuel and oxidant rate, carbon dioxide removal, operating pressure, compressor parameter on work and heat output of the cycle as well as the discharge of carbon dioxide contamination, is investigated. The optimal pressure ratio of the compressor to minimize the carbon dioxide production is found.

     

Encapsulation of Orange Oil Using Fluidized Bed Granulation

The primary objective of this research is to determine how granulation compares to spray drying/agglomeration for producing larger, more dense flavoring particles. Granulation can yield large, dense particles and thereby negate the need for a two-step process (spray drying followed by agglomeration) to achieve improved flow/handling properties of dry flavorings. In this study, a 55% solids slurry (blend of OSAn-modified starch and maltodextrin 15DE) was prepared and then single-fold orange peel oil was added at 20 or 25% of the carrier solids level. The 20% flavoring emulsion was spray dried (SD), and a portion of the resultant powder then agglomerated (Agg) in a bottom spray, fluidized bed. A second emulsion of the same carrier composition but using 25% orange oil based on carrier solids was prepared and subjected to fluidized bed granulation (FBG). Particle size, density, orange oil retention and oxidative stability on storage were determined. Overall, it is observed during this study that FBG produces orange oil encapsulates that possess better properties, such as more resistance to oxidation, a better retention of orange oil and a higher density than SD or SD/Agg powders.     

流化床半焦等温热重CO2气化动力学研究

采用等温热重法对４００－９００℃温度下流化床制得的神木煤半焦进行了ＣＯ２气化动力学研究。结果显示，排除反应初始阶段脱挥发分的影响后，不同制焦温度下的半焦的气化反应活性基本相同，这是由于所用热重实验条件下半焦脱挥发分后得到的焦具有相近的孔结构及活性点浓度造成的。实验得到了流化床半焦在９５０－１０５０℃范围内的气化动力学参数。     

流化床反应器中不同Ni/Al2O3催化剂上CH4-CO2重整反应性能的比较研究

采用浸渍法、溶胶 凝胶过程与普通干燥、超临界干燥过程相结合的方法制备了三种20%的NiO-Al2O3体系催化剂，利用BET、XRD、H2 TPR、H2-TPD等方法对各催化剂样品物化性质进行了表征，并考察了催化剂在流化床反应器中CH4-CO2重整反应的催化性能。研究结果表明，经923K焙烧后气凝胶催化剂中镍与载体间作用力最强，主要为固定NiO和尖晶石NiAl2O4结构，而浸渍型催化剂和干凝胶催化剂中镍与载体间作用力较弱。三种催化剂中，气凝胶催化剂具有比表面积较大、堆密度较低、Ni还原度及分散度较高的特点。它在流化床反应器中所形成的聚团流态化状态具有较高的床层膨胀率，大量多孔疏松状的纳米颗粒聚团在床内的循环运动有效地提高了传质效率，能使得生成的沉积炭快速得到气化，从而抑制了催化剂失活；对于浸渍型催化剂和干凝胶催化剂，流化床反应器中床层膨胀率较低、颗粒循环量较少、传质效率较低，易于造成催化剂表面积炭失活。经用TG和XRD等方法对反应后催化剂分析表征，证明催化剂表面石墨碳的沉积是导致浸渍型催化剂和干凝胶催化剂失活的主要原因。     

Preparation of microspherical granules from aerosilogels

The influence of the conditions of aerosil dispersion spray drying process in the medium of overheated water steam on the formation of microspheric granules and their porous structure was studied. Water and ammonium solutions as aerosil particles dispersing agents and water steam and air as heat carriers were used. It was stated that the effects of spray drying depend on the kind of dispersing medium and on the conditions of atmosphere and temperature at which drying and forming of aerosilogel granules takes place.     

生物质洁净能源研究中的流化床动力学模型

分别对最小流化床、鼓泡流化床和腾涌流化床及相应的全混模型、鼓泡模型、气泡汇集模型等加以综述,分析其优缺点,并在此基础上提出动力学模拟研究的新思路.根据流化床内在的本质--流化态的不同,将流化床分为最小流化床、鼓泡流化床和腾涌流化床三种.总结了前人针对各种流化床提出的全混模型、鼓泡模型、气泡汇集模型等思想,建议今后可以在以下几个方面进行深入研究: ⑴使得模型更有普适性.⑵由于气泡有效直径尚不能在理论上求得,可以在理想气泡直径变化公式的基础上,加入非线性化学的计算.⑶确定不同情况下的参数,使得工作更有延续性,也使得模型更加具有生命力.⑷从高压的角度去进行模型的计算,并得到相应的试验数据支持.