Crystallization Brodie melt crystallizer

The horizontal continuous Brodie melt crystallizer is basically an indirectly cooled crystallizer with an internal ribbon conveyor to transport crystals countercurrent to the liquid and a vertical purifier for final refining. Figure 20-8 describes the operation of a single tube unit and Fig. 20-13 depicts a multitube unit. The multitube design has been successfully commercialized for a number of organic chemicals. The Brodie purifier configuration requires careful control of process and equipment temperature differences to eliminate internal encrustations and is limited by the inherent equipment geometry to capacities of less than 15,000 tons per year per module. 

A horizontal column is typified by the Brodie Purifier, which is shown schematically in Figure 26. Feed enters the column between recovery and refining sections, and crystals exit the refining section and pass through a purifying section. The purifying section is a wash column in which the crystals are contacted with melt generated at the bottom of the column. 

Figure 20-8 shows the features of a horizontal center-fed column [Brodie, Aust. Mech. Chem. Eng. Trans., 37 (May 1979)] which has been commercialized for continuous purification of naphthalene and p-dichlorobenzene. Liquid feed enters the column between the hot purifying section and the cold freezing or recovery zone. Crystals are formed internally by indirect coohng of the melt through the walls of the refining and recoveiy zones. Residue liquid that has been depleted of product exits from the coldest section of the column. A spiral conveyor controls the transport of solids through the unit. 

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Brodie purifier. A specific type of continuous melt crystallizer. 

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