Recent Progress in Industrial Crystallization

• Other Authors: Lorenz, Heike (Editor), Lewis, Alison Emslie (Editor), Temmel, Erik (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; Materials science; L-aspartic acid; DL-aspartic acid; L-glutamic acid; enantiomers; solid solution; thermal expansion; TRPXRD; crystallites; impurities; induction time; metastable zone width; nucleation parameters; continuous processing; Archimedes tube; hydrodynamics; suspension behavior; computational fluid dynamics; flow map; crystallization; microfluidic; contact-mediated nucleation; melt emulsion; nickel sulfate; solid phases; phase transformation; solubility; polymorphism; nucleation; potassium sulfate; picromerite; crystal growth; supersaturation; continuous manufacturing; pharmaceutical manufacturing; continuous crystallization; continuous particle isolation; filtration; washing; needles; drying; n/a; gypsum; scaling; seeding; eutectic freeze crystallization; brine; solubility in mixed solvents; antisolvent crystallization; crystallization process development; bacterial cellulose; crystallinity; polymerization degree; porosity; sweet potato waste; fluidized bed reactor; homogeneous granulation; crystallization from solutions; precipitation; wastewater treatment; water softening; phosphorus removal; struvite; chiral separations
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Crystallization is an important industrial process, a purification technique, a separation process and a branch of particle technology. It also encompasses the key areas of chemical and process engineering. industrial crystallization products include bulk chemicals such as sodium chloride and sucrose; fertilizer chemicals such as potassium chloride and urea; valuable products such as pharmaceuticals, platinum group metal salts, high grade materials for battery production and organic fine chemicals; engineered nanoparticles and crystals for the electronics industry as well as biotechnology products such as protein crystals. Industrial crystallization also encompasses the use of crystallization in water and effluent treatment. The overall theme of this Special Issue is how industrial crystallization is informed by the theoretical concepts of crystallization, and how practical understanding in the field is enhanced through applied research. The Special Issue is dedicated to Professor Gerda van Rosmalen who was a pioneer in this field. She developed the field of industrial crystallization research through her original approach and was regarded globally as a pre-eminent figure in the field. Additionally, this Special Issue provides a basis for the in-depth and comprehensive manuscripts of several oral poster contributions of ISIC 2021-held as an online event from August 30 to September 2, 2021.