Semicontinuous Blending of Pharmaceutical Ingredients and the Impact of Process Parameters on the Blending Performance of an Integrated Feeder Blender Operating Semicontinuously

Table 4

Comparison of output blend from batch blending, continuous blending, and semicontinuous blending.

	Batch blending	Continuous blending	Semicontinuous blending
Bulk density (g/ml)	0.367 (SD 0.017)	0.358 (SD 0.022)	0.373 (SD 0.016)
Tap density (g/ml)	0.462 (SD 0.012)	0.451 (SD 0.013)	0.470 (SD 0.012)
Carr index	20.515	20.622	20.582
Hausner’S ratio	1.258	1.260	1.259

Standard deviation (SD) is mentioned in parenthesis.