1. Home
  2. Food–Chem–Bio industry processes
  3. Unit operations. Chemical reaction engineering
  4. Crystallization in solution - Processes and equipment types

  5. Choosing a crystallizer

Article | REF: J2788 V2

Crystallization in solution - Processes and equipment types

Author: Béatrice BISCANS

Publication date: June 10, 2013, Review date: October 1, 2020

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!

Français

5. Choosing a crystallizer

5.1 Information required for selection

A crystallizer is a device in which a suitable environment is created to induce crystal nucleation and growth. The key to the design of such equipment is the way in which supersaturation is created at a temperature level that leads to the desired product.

For this, a certain amount of information must be obtained on the material to be crystallized and on the mother liquor.

The solubility curve of the product in the solvent in question, as a function of the temperature or pH of the solution, is an essential piece of information, as it enables you to choose the method for creating supersaturation (see paragraph

You do not have access to this resource.

Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!

The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

This article is included in

Unit operations. Chemical reaction engineering

This offer includes:

Knowledge Base

Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

Services

A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

Practical Path

Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

Doc & Quiz

Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

Subscribe now!

Ongoing reading
Choosing a crystallizer
Outline