Crystallization of Calcium Sulphate During Phosphoric Acid Production: Modeling Particle Shape and Size Distribution

A key unit operation in the production of phosphoric acid is the filtration needed to separate calcium sulphate dihydrate (CaSO₄·2H₂O, gypsum) crystals from an acid slurry. The filtration efficiency depends on the shape and size distribution (SSD) of the gypsum crystals produced from the upstream re...

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Main Authors: Samrane, Kamal, Zhu, Zhilong, Peng, You, Hatton, Trevor Alan, Myerson, Allan S., Braatz, Richard D
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109854
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