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Reducing the Induction Time Using Ultrasound and High-Shear Mixing in a Continuous Crystallization Process

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Author	Arne Vancleef Stijn Seurs Jeroen Jordens Tom Van Gerven Leen C. J. Thomassen Leen Braeken
Abstract	Continuous crystallization in tubular crystallizers is of particular interest to the pharmaceutical industry to accurately control average particle size, particle size distribution, and (polymorphic) shape. However, these types of crystallizers require fast nucleation, and thus, short induction times at the beginning of the flow process, which is challenging for larger and complex organic molecules. High shear and/or the presence of bubbles were identified to influence the nucleation behavior. This work investigates the effects of both high-shear mixing and ultrasound on the anti-solvent crystallization of paracetamol in acetone–water. Both devices generate intense amounts of shear and gas bubbles. Generally, the results show that increasing input power decreases the induction time significantly for both the rotor–stator mixer and ultrasound probe. However, the induction time is almost independent of the supersaturation for the ultrasound probe, while the induction time significantly increases with decreasing supersaturation for the rotor–stator mixer. In contrast, the particle size distribution for the rotor–stator mixer is independent of the supersaturation, while increasing supersaturation decreases the particle size for the ultrasound probe.
e-ISSN	20734352
DOI	10.3390/cryst8080326
Journal	Crystals
Issue Number	8
Volume Number	8
Language	English
Publisher	MDPI AG
Publisher Date	2018-01-01
Publisher Place	Switzerland
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Crystallography Ultrasound High-shear Mixing Nucleation Induction Time Continuous Crystallization Tubular Crystallizer
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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