Phase Transformation of Guanosine 5-Monophosphate in Continuous Couette鈭扵aylor Crystallizer: Experiments and Numerical Modeling for Kinetics

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• 作者：Anh-Tuan Nguyen ; Jong-Min Kim ; Sang-Mok Chang ; Woo-Sik Kim
• 刊名：Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：March 16, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：50
• 期：6
• 页码：3483-3493
• 全文大小：1037K
• 年卷期：v.50,no.6(March 16, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5045

文摘

The phase transformation of guanosine 5-monophosphate (GMP) during drowning-out crystallization in a continuous Couette鈭扵aylor (CT) crystallizer was studied experimentally and numerically. At a steady state, the phase transformation of the amorphous GMP into hydrate crystals was monitored along the axial direction of the CT crystallizer when varying the crystallization conditions, including the rotation speed of the inner cylinder of the crystallizer and the feed concentration. As a result, the phase transformation was significantly facilitated when increasing the rotation speed, due to the enhanced dissolution of the amorphous GMP, as well as the growth of the hydrate crystals. For the numerical modeling, simple material balances were derived for three kinds of GMP: the amorphous GMP, hydrate crystals, and GMP concentration in the solution, under the assumption of plug flow behavior for the fluid motion in the CT crystallizer. The simple model predictions matched well with the experimental profiles for the three kinds of GMP along the axial direction of the crystallizer, allowing estimates for the kinetics of the phase transformation, including the mass transfer coefficients for dissolution and growth. According to the model predictions, the rates of amorphous GMP dissolution and hydrate crystal growth were both competitive to control the phase transformation in the CT crystallizer, and about 10 times higher than those in a stirred tank crystallizer.