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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2002
Kwok Yui Chow, Mississauga, CA;
Danielle Marie Lockhart, Mississauga, CA;
Andrew Giuseppi Guido Tallevi, Mississauga, CA;
SmithKline Beecham Corportion, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
A method for predicting flow properties of one or more materials proposed for processing in a system that requires good flow properties to operate successfully includes identifying a plurality of key flow points along a system, for each key flow point so identified, characterizing the type of flow occurring at that key flow point, for each key flow point, selecting a flow test relevant for modeling the type of flow occurring at that key flow point, providing a plurality of material samples wherein each material sample has a different composition, blend and/or concentration of ingredients, for each key flow point, modeling the type of flow occuring at that key flow point by conducting the flow test selected for that key flow point on each material sample to produce a plurality of test result values, wherein each test result value is a function of one of the flow tests conducted and of the material sample tested by that flow test, and ranking each material sample based on a calculated average of the test result values to determine which of the material samples tested has optimal overall flow properties for the system as compared against the other material samples.