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Comparative investigation of supersaturation and automated direct nucleation control of crystal size distributions using ATR-UV/vis spectroscopy and FBRM

By Saleemi, Ali N.; Rielly, Chris D.; Nagy, Zoltan K.

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Abstract

The paper presents a thorough evaluation of different control strategies used in cooling crystallization, namely, unseeded linear cooling, seeded linear cooling, supersaturation control, and automated direct nucleation control. The sensitivity and robustness of supersaturation and automated direct nucleation control approaches are evaluated by varying different process parameters, such as seed loading and heating and cooling rates for the crystallization of paracetamol in isopropyl alcohol. The supersaturation control approach uses concentration information provided by ATR-UV/vis spectroscopy, while the direct nucleation control approach is based on focused beam reflectance measurements. Various statistics were used to assess the performance of each approach and it has been shown that the automated direct nucleation control approach, which requires no prior information about the system, outperformed the other control strategies. For the paracetamol in isopropyl alcohol system, significant variations were found in the metastable zone width in the presence of crystals, which were responsible for the poor performance of the control strategies other than the automated direct nucleation control approach. © 2012 American Chemical Society.

Journal

Crystal Growth & Design. Volume 12, 4, 2012, 1792-1807

DOI

10.1021/cg201269c

Type of publication

Peer-reviewed journal

Affiliations

  • Purdue University, Department of Chemical Engineering

Article Classification

Research Article

Classification Areas

  • Control

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