Convergence Results for Continuous Crystallizers

Abstract We derive global stability results for continuous crystallizers using convergence analysis. The sufficient condition for exponential stability is derived in the analytical expression. The analytical condition offers a lower bound of the nucleus size and an upper bound of the largest size that crystals can grow. These conditions ensure that all the trajectories of the crystallizer converge to a single trajectory which is not necessarily known beforehand.

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