Crystal growth measurement using 2D and 3D imaging and the perspectives for shape control

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1173-1184

  Wang, Xue Z ^a   Roberts, Kevin J ^a   Ma, Caiyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal morphology; Image analysis; Imaging; Model predictive control; Morphological population balance modelling; Morphology modelling; Particle shape measurement and control

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGICAL POPULATION BALANCE MODELING; MORPHOLOGY MODELING; PARTICLE SHAPE MEASUREMENT;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ADDITIVES; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 38149083329     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.07.018     Document Type: Article

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