Agglomeration in Industry

INTRODUCTION
AGGLOMERATION AS A GENERIC, INDEPENDENT, AND INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELD OF SCIENCE
AGGLOMERATION FUNDAMENTALS
UNDESIRED AGGLOMERATION: -METHODS TO AVOID OR LESSEN ITS EFFECT
BENEFICIAL USE OF AGGLOMERATION: -AGGLOMERATION TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF SIZE ENLARGEMENT BY AGGLOMERATION
General Applications
Pharmaceutical Applications
Applications in the Chemical Industry
Applications in the Food Industry
Applications for Animal Feeds
Fertilizers and Agrochemicals
Building Materials and Ceramics
Applications in the Mining Industry (Minerals and Ores)
Applications in the Metallurgical Industry
Applications for Solid Fuels
Special Applications
POWDER METALLURGY
APPLICATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Collection, Stabilization, and Deposit of Particulate Solids
Recycling/ Secondary Raw Materials
DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Test Facilities
Tolling Operations - Contract Manufacturing
Scale-up
OPTIMIZATION AND TROUBLESHOOTING OF AGGLOMERATION SYSTEMS AND PLANTS
Tumble/Growth Technologies
Pressure Agglomeration Technologies
Other Technologies
APPLICATIONS OF AGGLOMERATION PHENOMENA FOR SINGLE PARTICLES AND IN NANO-TECHNOLOGIES
OUTLOOK
BIBLIOGRAPHY
List of Books or Major Chapters on Agglomeration and Related Subjects
References
Author's Biography, Patents, and Publications
Tables of Content of related Books by the Author
GLOSSARY OF APPLICATION-RELATED TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH AGGLOMERATION
LIST OF VENDORS

Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Pietsch is an independent, unaffiliated Consultant in the general fields of mechanical process engineering and, particularly, size enlargement by agglomeration. He received his Ph.D. at the Technical University of Karlsruhe (Germany) with the work on the fundamentals of binding mechanisms of agglomeration in 1965. He did further research in the general field of size enlargement by agglomeration at the Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering, Karlsruhe, and taught at the University of Stuttgart in Heilbronn, Germany. He was awarded the title Europa Ingenieur (EUR ING) by the European Federation of National Engineering Associations (1994).
 
During his entire career Dr. Pietsch was involved in mechanical process technology as a researcher, teacher, process developer, designer, vendor, and user. His latest industrial positions include: Director Agglomeration Systems and Product Technology at MIDREX, Charlotte, NC (USA), General Manager Large Metallurgical Systems at Leybold-Heraeus, Hanau (Germany), Senior Technical Manager at Maschinenfabrik KÖPPERN, Hattingen (Germany), and President at KOPPERN Equipment, Charlotte, NC, and Pittsburgh, PA (USA). In 1983, he became Senior Consultant of COMPACTCONSULT in Naples, FL (USA).
 
Dr. Pietsch is the author of more than 160 papers, four books, and holds nine patents. He is a member of five professional organizations in the USA and Germany (AIChE/PTF, SME of AIME, IBA and VDI/VTG/GVC, DECHEMA) and is active in a number of technical committees. He is a frequent lecturer of workshops and short courses.