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Design and characterization of Kenics static mixer crystallizers

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Tubular crystallizers are desirable for continuous operations because they can approach plug flow conditions, achieve higher throughputs, and can be easy to control. However, the possible limitations of tubular crystallizers may include settling of crystals, fouling and higher pressure drops at longer residence times. The performance of a tubular crystallizer with gaps between the Kenics type mixing elements is characterized and compared with a standard Kenics static mixer and a hollow tubular crystallizer for the crystallization of lysozyme from solution. The gapped Kenics static mixer crystallizer provides an attractive trade-off between the standard Kenics static mixer and the hollow tubular crystallizer in terms of mixing length, shear rate, residence time distribution, pressure drop and segregation or settling of crystals. Furthermore, the gapped Kenics static mixer crystallizer and the standard Kenics static mixer crystallizer exhibit a similar crystallization performance in terms of desupersaturation profile and mean crystal size at the outlet for different initial lysozyme concentrations and seed loadings. The advantages of the gapped Kenics static mixer crystallizer in terms of pressure drop and minimization of crystal settling allow for lower flow rates and longer residence times under plug flow conditions, which has important practical benefits for continuous crystallization. (c) 2022 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Institution of Chemical Engineers.

CrystallizationStatic mixerContinuous crystallizationCFDLysozyme3D printingFLOW TUBULAR CRYSTALLIZATIONRESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONNATURAL COOLING MODEPRESSURE-DRIVEN FLOWPARTICLE MIGRATIONPROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATIONPROCESS INTENSIFICATIONBATCH CRYSTALLIZATIONSECONDARY NUCLEATIONPOLYMORPH SELECTION

Thomas, Kiran Mathew、Nyande, Baggie W.、Lakerveld, Richard

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Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol

2022

10.1016/j.cherd.2022.01.025

Chemical Engineering Research & Design

Chemical Engineering Research & Design

SCI
ISSN：0263-8762
年,卷(期)：2022.179
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