Issue
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering,
Vol.26, No.1, 175-181, 2009
Kinetics of nucleation and growth of L-sorbose crystals in a continuous MSMPR crystallizer with draft tube: Size-independent growth model approach
The experimental data concerning kinetics of a continuous mass crystallization in L-sorbose - water system are presented and discussed. Influences of L-sorbose concentration in a feeding solution and mean residence time of suspension in a working volume of laboratory DT MSMPR crystallizer on the resulting crystal size distributions, thus on the nucleation and growth kinetics, were determined. The kinetic parameter values were evaluated on the basis of size-independent growth (SIG) kinetic model (McCabe’s ΔL law). It was observed that within the investigated range of crystallizer productivity (220-2,200 kg of L-sorbose crystals m^(-3)h^(-1)), a crystal product of mean size Lm from 0.22 to 0.28 mm and CV from 68.8 to 44.0% was withdrawn. The values of linear growth rate show increasing trend (from 6.6·10^(-8) to 7.6·10^(-8)m s^(-1)) with the productivity enlargement (assuming constant residence time τ =900 s). Occurrence of secondary nucleation phenomena within the circulated suspension, resulting from the crystals attrition and breakage was observed. The parameter values in a design equation, matching linear growth rate and suspension density with nucleation rate were determined.
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