Mandelic acid is an enantiomer of interest in many areas,in particular for the pharmaceutical industry.One of the approaches to produce enantiopure mandelic acid is through crystallization from an aqueous solution.We ...Mandelic acid is an enantiomer of interest in many areas,in particular for the pharmaceutical industry.One of the approaches to produce enantiopure mandelic acid is through crystallization from an aqueous solution.We propose in this study a numerical tool based on lattice Boltzmann simulations to model crystallization dynamics of(S)-mandelic acid.The solver is first validated against experimental data.It is then used to perform parametric studies concerning the effects of important parameters such as supersaturation and seed size on the growth rate.It is finally extended to investigate the impact of forced convection on the crystal habits.Based on there parametric studies,a modification of the reactor geometry is proposed that should reduce the observed deviations from symmetrical growth with a five-fold habit.展开更多
基金support by the EU-program ERDF(European Regional Development Fund)within the Research Center for Dynamic Systems(CDS).S.A.H.acknowledges the financial support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG,German Research Foundation)in TRR 287(Project-ID 422037413).
文摘Mandelic acid is an enantiomer of interest in many areas,in particular for the pharmaceutical industry.One of the approaches to produce enantiopure mandelic acid is through crystallization from an aqueous solution.We propose in this study a numerical tool based on lattice Boltzmann simulations to model crystallization dynamics of(S)-mandelic acid.The solver is first validated against experimental data.It is then used to perform parametric studies concerning the effects of important parameters such as supersaturation and seed size on the growth rate.It is finally extended to investigate the impact of forced convection on the crystal habits.Based on there parametric studies,a modification of the reactor geometry is proposed that should reduce the observed deviations from symmetrical growth with a five-fold habit.
