Scale-up of ammonium sulphate crystallization in a DTB crystallizer

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 3943-3950

  O Meadhra R ^a   Van Rosmalen, G M ^a  

^a EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

ammonium sulphate; dynamic modelling; kinetics; scale up; suspension crystallization

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZERS; DYNAMICS; GROWTH KINETICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NUCLEATION;

AMMONIUM SULPHATE; CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DRAFT TUBE BAFFLED CRYSTALLIZER; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION; SCALE UP; SUSPENSION CRYSTALLIZATION; SYSTEM MASS AND ENERGY BALANCES;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

EID: 0030209427     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00235-7     Document Type: Article

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