Research Article
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 |
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