Effect of Different Nucleation and Growth Kinetic Terms on Modeling Results of KNO3 CMSMPR Crystallizer

The aim of this contribution is a survey of different nucleation and growth kinetics terms effects on modeling results of KNO3 Continuous Mixed Suspension Mixed Product Removal (CMSMPR) crystallizer. By studying the four different states in modeling, results show that, although these terms for similar crystallization system and operating conditions are similar, there is very different dynamic behavior in the results such as Particles Size Distribution (PSD), crystals mean size and relative supersaturation. The main difference in modeling results is oscillating behaviors. It is shown that such behavior strongly depends on kinetics terms sensitivity to supersaturation, especially in nucleation models.