Impeller geometry effect on crystallization kinetics of borax decahydrate in a batch cooling crystallizer (CROSBI ID 176390)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Akrap, Marija ; Kuzmanić, Nenad ; Prlić Kardum, Jasna
engleski
Impeller geometry effect on crystallization kinetics of borax decahydrate in a batch cooling crystallizer
The effects of impeller type and diameter in a batch cooling crystallizer on the nucleation and crystal growth kinetics as well as on the shape and size distribution of borax decahydrate crystals were investigated. Two different types of impellers of various sizes were applied. Chosen impeller configurations generate completely different fluid flow patterns in the crystallizer what allows to investigate the influence of the axial and radial flow on the kinetic parameters as well. The nucleation in crystallizer was taking place by the heterogeneous nucleation mechanism at all mixing conditions. The number of crystals formed by this mechanism increases as ratio D/dT decreases and it is higher when an axial flow pattern in crystallizer has been developed. The crystal growth rate increases with increasing the impeller size in observed supersaturation range. The radial impeller defined by ratio D2/dT = 0.58 could be considered as viable option for growth of borax crystal, since the further enlargement of this ratio does not increase growth rate and can only cause higher power consumption. The maxima in the coarser and finer fractions of CSD indicate a different influence of mixing conditions on the crystal grow and secondary nucleation. An axial flow pattern in crystallizer favors agglomeration of growing crystals increasing that way product mean crystal size, while radial flow results with more regular shape of borax crystals.
mixing ; impellers ; flow pattern ; nucleation ; crystal growth ; CSD
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Podaci o izdanju
90 (6)
2012.
793-802
objavljeno
0263-8762
1744-3563
10.1016/j.cherd.2011.09.015