98 Pharmaceutical Technology OCTOBER 2004 Sreekhar Cheboyina is a PhD student in the department of pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi. Walter G. Chambliss, PhD, is director of technology management and a research professor at the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and professor of pharmaceutics, University of Mississippi. Christy M. Wyandt, PhD, is associat...

sion/spheronization affects the properties of the resulting pellets. Pharmaceutical scientists originally directed their focus to extrusion, spheronization and drying which can be seen from the literature. Only a few authors reported investigations concerning the impact of the granulation step. Baert et al. investigated ternary mixtures of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), a drug substitute and...

Recently, biomass application as a renewable energy source is increasing worldwide. However, its availability differs in dependence on the location and climate, therefore, agricultural residues cow dung (CD) are being considered to supply heat and/or power installation. This paper aims at wide evaluation of CD fuel properties prospect apply form pellets direct combustion installations. Therefor...

Hydrothermal carbonization is highly applicable to high moisture biomass upgrading due fact that involved can be directly used as reaction media under subcritical-water region. With this, value-added utilization of hydrochar solid fuel with carbon and energy density one the important pathways for conversion. In this review, dewatering properties after hydrothermal biowaste, coalification degree...

Raw mushroom waste has been an enormous solid waste, not only causing a huge cut on profit margin of industries but also leading to environmental pollution. Unfortunately, the current utilization methods, such as pharmaceutical extractions, are unable keep up with generation rate due large-scale production. Yet, raw produce biomass pellets for energetic purposes and role electric composter shor...