Coupling of Contact Nucleation Kinetics with Breakage Model for Crystallization of Sodium Chloride Crystal in Fluidized Bed Crystallizer

Table 2

Crystal breakage of different operation conditions.

Residence time	Circulation flow rate	Number of crystals on each size range (%)
		<0.245 mm	0.245–0.269 mm	0.269–0.297 mm	0.297–0.325 mm	0.325–0.350 mm	>0.350 mm
1200 s	0.3454 m/s	9769	5871	1024	10525	235	136
	0.6908 m/s	1370	5394	735	10662	108	55
	1.0362 m/s	11198	4059	904	11198	86	77
	1.3862 m/s	11317	5182	786	9901	94	52
2100 s	0.3454 m/s	9767	6883	1275	11613	98	60
	0.6908 m/s	10126	4811	1445	11560	461	275
	1.0362 m/s	9530	2961	1584	11670	279	247
	1.3862 m/s	11317	2591	1086	12276	137	207
3000 s	0.3454 m/s	9649	5404	768	10298	65	35
	0.6908 m/s	8816	5478	705	11435	83	48
	1.0362 m/s	14891	5263	1300	11528	97	75
	1.3862 m/s	15963	4740	1520	9453	126	140
3600 s	0.3454 m/s	18465	4059	1210	11056	36	18
	0.6908 m/s	3693	3341	1240	11396	241	218
	1.0362 m/s	10007	3696	1409	10965	101	132
	1.3862 m/s	98878	2266	1545	10724	43	40