The role of meso-mixing in anti-solvent crystallization processes

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2523-2534

  Barrett, Mark ^a   O'Grady, Des ^a   Casey, Eoin ^a   Glennon, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anti solvent; CFD; Crystallization; FBRM; Mixing; Scale up

Indexed keywords

ADDITION RATE; ANTI-SOLVENT CRYSTALLIZATION; ANTI-SOLVENTS; BENZOIC ACID; CFD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CRYSTAL SIZE; FBRM; FED-BATCH REACTORS; FEED POINT; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; METASTABLE ZONE WIDTH; MIXING TIME; SCALE-UP; TIME-SCALES; TURBULENT MIXING;

BATCH REACTORS; BLENDING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUCLEATION; SHOCK TUBES; SOLVENTS; TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79955027597     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.02.042     Document Type: Article

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