scholarly journals Continuous Crystallization Using Ultrasound Assisted Nucleation, Cubic Cooling Profiles and Oscillatory Flow

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 2268
Author(s):  
Arne Vancleef ◽  
Ward De Beuckeleer ◽  
Tom Van Gerven ◽  
Leen C. J. Thomassen ◽  
Leen Braeken

Continuous tubular crystallizers have the potential to reduce manufacturing costs and increase product quality. However, designing tubular crystallizers is a complex and challenging task as crystallization is a complex, multiphase process with a propensity for fouling and clogging. While several designs have been proposed to overcome these issues, these designs are either unproven or poorly scalable and complex. In this work a continuous crystallizer is designed and evaluated to mitigate these issues. The tubular crystallizer combines a novel method to obtain a cubic cooling profile to control the supersaturation, ultrasound to induce nucleation and oscillatory flow to improve mixing and minimize fouling and sedimentation. The results show that the crystallizer was able to operate for more than 4 h without clogging, with high yields and a narrow particle size distribution. The design proposed here is therefore considered a viable approach for continuous crystallizers.

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Nieuwenhuizen ◽  
I. A. M. van Ruijven-Vermeer ◽  
F. Haverkate ◽  
G. Timan

A novel method will be described for the preparation and purification of fibrin(ogen) degradation products in high yields. The high yields are due to two factors. on the one hand an improved preparation method in which the size heterogeneity of the degradation products D is strongly reduced by plasmin digestion at well-controlled calcium concentrations. At calcium concentrations of 2mM exclusively D fragments, M.W.= 93-000 (Dcate) were formed; in the presence of 1OmM EGTA only fragments M.W.= 80.000 (D EGTA) were formed as described. on the other hand a new purification method, which includes Sephadex G-200 filtration to purify the D:E complexes and separation of the D and E fragments by a 16 hrs. preparative isoelectric focussing. The latter step gives a complete separation of D (fragments) (pH = 6.5) and E fragments (at pH = 4.5) without any overlap, thus allowing a nearly 100% recovery in this step. The overall recoveries are around 75% of the theoretical values. These recoveries are superior to those of existing procedures. Moreover the conditions of this purification procedure are very mild and probably do not affect the native configuration of the products. Amino-terminal amino acids of human Dcate, D EGTA and D-dimer are identical i.e. val, asx and ser. in the ratgly, asx and ser were found. E 1% for rat Dcate=17-8 for rat D EGTA=16.2 and for rat D- dimer=l8.3. for the corresponding human fragments, these values were all 20.0 ± 0.2.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoping Chen ◽  
Jiaqi Fu ◽  
Jiangang Li ◽  
Bohong Chen ◽  
Lei Yang ◽  
...  

In this work, submicron copper powder with narrow particle distribution was synthesized via a simple methanol thermal reduction method without using any surfactants. Smaller copper powder with narrower particle size...


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Gryaznova ◽  
Alexey Pustovalov

Background: The widespread use of the iron nanopowders connected with widely range of characteristics such as size, magnetic characteristics and high surface area and that is why in the literature are present many researches of its different applications. Objective: The work studies the influence of the conditions of the iron wire electrical explosion on the course of the explosion process and the dispersed composition of the resulting metal nanopoweder. Method: Experiments on electrical explosion of iron wires were carried out in the laboratory setup with the different initial conditions of electrical explosion of the iron wire. Results: The influence of the initial wire electrical explosion conditions on the explosion regime, the specific energy input into the conductor, and the specific energy released in the arc stage of discharge are definitely determined. The empirical equations for calculation of the initial wire electrical explosion conditions for providing the critical explosion in the argon medium at a pressure of 2·105 Pa were defined. It has been established that for synthesis of iron nanopowders with a narrow particle size distribution, it is preferable to use modes with a high level of the energy released in the arc stage of the discharge. Conclusion: It was found that disabling the arc stage of the discharge during EEW leads to the decreasing of the average surface particle size by 50%.


2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-217
Author(s):  
A. A. Ezhova ◽  
I. A. Gritskova ◽  
S. A. Gusev ◽  
S. A. Milenin ◽  
V. V. Gorodov ◽  
...  

CrystEngComm ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (43) ◽  
pp. 6932-6939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Yong Xie ◽  
Qiang Xie ◽  
Kexiong Fang ◽  
Xuan Zhang ◽  
...  

A dropwise cooling crystallization method was proposed to prepare AP crystals with a uniform shape, a narrow particle size distribution and a smooth surface, which is also a reference for the crystallization of other crystalline materials in crystal engineering.


2006 ◽  
Vol 510-511 ◽  
pp. 786-789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Sik Bae ◽  
Byung Ik Kim ◽  
Kyong Sop Han

ZnO-TiO2 nanoparticles were synthesized by a reverse micelle and sol-gel process. The average particle size of the colloid was below 30 nm and well dispersed in the solution. ZnOTiO2 composite membranes were fabricated by using the dip-coating method on a porous alumina support. ZnO-TiO2 composite membranes showed a crack-free microstructure and narrow particle size distribution even after the heat treatment up to 600°C. The average particle size of the membrane was 30-40nm, and the pore size of ZnO-TiO2 composite membrane was below 10 nm.


Author(s):  
RADITYA ISWANDANA ◽  
RICHA NURSELVIANA ◽  
SUTRIYO SUTRIYO

Objective: Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are highly useful for drug delivery, but their application is limited by their stability as they readily aggregate.This issue can be prevented by adding a stabilizing agent such as resveratrol (RSV), which is a polyphenol derived from plants, that is used to preventcancer. Therefore, we propose a novel method to prepare stable RSV-conjugated nanoparticles modified with polyethylene glycol (RSV-AuNP-PEG).Methods: In the first step, the Turkevich method was used to synthesize the AuNPs. Then, PEG was added as stabilizer agent and conjugated with RSV.The synthesized conjugates were characterized using ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, particle sizeanalysis, and high-performance liquid chromatography.Results: The obtained RSV-AuNP-PEG had a particle size of 83.93 nm with a polydispersity index (PDI) of 0.562 and formed a translucent purple-redfluid in solution. The zeta potential was −22.9 mV, and the highest entrapment efficiency was 75.86±0.66%. For comparison, the RSV-AuNP solutionwas purple and turbid, the particle size was 51.97 nm with a PDI of 0.694, and the zeta potential was −24.6 mV. The stability test results showed thatthe storage stability of RSV-AuNP-PEG was better than that of AuNP-RSV. Further, the RSV-AuNP-PEG was shown to be most stable in 2% bovine serumalbumin (BSA) while the AuNP-RSV was most stable in 2% BSA in phosphate-buffered saline pH 7.4.Conclusion: These results show that modification of RSV-conjugated AuNPs with PEG effectively prevents their aggregation in storage, but only incertain mediums.


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