Dynamic modeling of continuous evaporative cooling KCl-NaCl crystallizers

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1195-1204

  Tadayyon, Abdulsamad ^b   Rohani, Sohrab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Co precipitation; Crystal purity; CSD; Evaporative cooling crystallization; KCl NaCl H2O; Modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CONTINUOUS EVAPORATIVE COOLING; CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

EID: 0033324916     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450770616     Document Type: Article

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