Optimal synthesis of stagewise continuous crystallization process networks

AIChE Journal ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 1637-1645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Y. Sheikh ◽  
Alan G. Jones
Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 1337
Author(s):  
Michael Mangold ◽  
Nadiia Huskova ◽  
Jonathan Gänsch ◽  
Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern

Continuous preferential crystallization is an innovative approach to the separation of chiral substances. The process considered in this work takes place in a gently agitated fluidized bed located in a tubular crystallizer. The feasibility of the process has been shown in previous work, but it also turned out that choosing suitable operation conditions is quite delicate. Hence, a model based process design is desirable. Existing models of the process are rather complicated and require long computational times. In this work, a simple linear dynamic model is suggested, which captures the main properties of the process. The model is distributed in space and in a property coordinate. Using the method of characteristics, a semi-analytical solution of the linear model is derived. As a challenge to the solution, there is a recycle loop in the process that causes a feedback and couples the boundary conditions at different boundaries of the computational domain. In order to deal with this, a numerical scheme is suggested. The semi-analytical solution provides a deeper insight into the process dynamics. A comparison with a more detailed mathematical model of the process and with experiments shows strengths and limitations of the linear model.


2016 ◽  
Vol 88 (9) ◽  
pp. 1213-1213 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Escriba-Gelonch ◽  
V. Hessel ◽  
T. Noël ◽  
M. C. Maier ◽  
H. Gruber-Wölfler

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 1914-1933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Lorena Bergamini ◽  
Pio Aguirre ◽  
Ignacio Grossmann

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