Fines removal in a continuous plug flow crystallizer by optimal spatial temperature profiles with controlled dissolution

AIChE Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4582-4594

  Majumder, Aniruddha ^a   Nagy, Zoltan K ^a,b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Control of continuous crystallizer; Fines removal; Optimal temperature profile; Plug flow crystallizer; Population balance modeling

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DISSOLUTION KINETICS; FINES REMOVAL; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PLUG FLOW; POPULATION BALANCE MODELING; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; CRYSTALLIZERS; GROWTH KINETICS; KINETICS; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

DISSOLUTION;

EID: 84887627268     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14196     Document Type: Article

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