Dynamic behavior of the well‐mixed isothermal crystallizer

Under some conditions, continuous crystallization exhibits cyclic changes of the particle size even with constant input conditions. A linearized stability analysis has been performed to determine under what conditions this behavior can be expected. Numerical solutions of the actual nonlinear system equations were carried out to follow the cyclic behavior and to compute the cycle time and the amplitude of the fluctuations. The effect of seeding on the stability limits and product distribution was also evaluated.