Auslegung und Maßstabsvergrößerung von Kristallisatoren

Design and scale-up of crystallizers . Industrial scale crystallizers have to be designed in such a way that the crystalline product has the design particle size distribution, crystal form, and purity. Data on multiphase flow, solubility, balances of mass, energy, and number of crystals, kinetics (crystal growth rate and nucleation rate), and heat transfer are required. The present article discusses problems of kinetics in greater detail than other aspects. Multiphase flow is considered only briefly and heat transfer not at all. Familiarity with the terms homogeneous and heterogeneous (primary) and secondary nucleation [1, 2] is also assumed. This contribution is based on evaluation of available literature.