Crystallization and crystallizers /

Crystallization and Crystallizers, part of the Industrial Equipment for Chemical Engineering set, defines how to perform the selection and calculation of equipment needed in the basic operations of process engineering, offering reliable and simple methods, with this volume providing a comprehensive...

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Main Authors: Duroudier, Jean-Paul
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Published: ISTE Press,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Industrial Equipment for Chemical Engineering Set
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Online Access: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781785481864
Summary: Crystallization and Crystallizers, part of the Industrial Equipment for Chemical Engineering set, defines how to perform the selection and calculation of equipment needed in the basic operations of process engineering, offering reliable and simple methods, with this volume providing a comprehensive focus on crystallization and crystallizers. Throughout these concise and easy-to-use books, the author uses his vast practical experience and precision knowledge of global research to present an in-depth study of a variety of aspects within the field of chemical engineering.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource.
Audience: Specialized.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781785481864
178548186X
Index Number: QD905
CLC: O7
Contents: Front Cover ; Crystallization and Crystallizers; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Various Properties of Crystals; 1.1. Structure; 1.2. Form; 1.3. Conclusions: crystal characteristics ; 1.4. Attrition; 1.5. PSD measurement of a crystalline population; 1.6. Characteristics of a crystal population; Chapter 2. Crystal Formation and Growth; 2.1. Crystal formation; 2.2. Energetic theory of face growth ; 2.3. Kinetic growth theories; Chapter 3. Crystallization in a Sugar Refinery; 3.1. Theory of sugar crystallization; 3.2. Orders of magnitude; 3.3. Crystallization kinetics.
3.4. Practice of sugar crystallization Chapter 4. Crystallizers: Design and Dimensions; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Continuous homogeneous crystallizer (CHC) ; 4.3. Continuous forced circulation crystallizer (CFCC); 4.4. Crystallizer with fluidized bed; 4.5. Elutriation columns ; 4.6. Crystallizer piston with scraped walls [ULL 86]; 4.7. Batch crystallizing: homogeneous vat; 4.8. Vat population density; 4.9. Choice of crystallization; 4.10. Exploitation parameters; 4.11. Definition of a crystallization micropilot; 4.12. Crystallization at high temperature.
4.13. Calculation for continuous crystallizersAPPENDICES; Appendix 1. Numerical Integration: The Fourth-order Runge-Kutta Method; Appendix 2. Resolution of Equations of the Third and Fourth Degree Searching for Dimensionless Groups; A2.1. Third-degree equation; A2.2. Fourth-degree equation; A2.3. Searching for dimensionless groups expressing a physical law; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.