Modeling and Simulation of Forced Circulation Evaporation Crystallizer

Authors

  • C. Mahesh Babu  M. Tech Student, CAD/CAM, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PVKK Institute of Technology, Ananthapuramu, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • L. Balasubramanyam  HOD & Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PVKK Institute of Technology, Ananthapuramu, Andhra Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org//10.32628/IJSRSET196438

Keywords:

ANSYS Phase Separation, Solid Suspension, Crystal Size Distribution

Abstract

Crystallization is an effective process of forming a solid phase from solution and crystallizer is the equipment used for industrial crystallization operations. In present work flow behavior, solid suspension distribution, population density and mean crystal growth studies have been carried out for the forced circulation evaporation crystallizer (FC crystallizer) by CFD simulations using software package; Ansys Fluent 13. The FC crystallizer is a continuously operating mixed suspension mixed product removal (MSMPR) type crystallizer used in salt, sugar and pharmaceutical industries for crystal production. In the present work simulation has been carried out in isothermal and non-isothermal conditions to characterize the hydrodynamics and population balance model to explain the population density.

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C. Mahesh Babu, L. Balasubramanyam, " Modeling and Simulation of Forced Circulation Evaporation Crystallizer, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 6, Issue 4, pp.294-300, July-August-2019. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRSET196438