Effect of CO2 flow rate

Figure 7 shows a plot of particle size vs. the ratio of CO2 to aqueous solution mass flow rates. The volumetric flow rates presented in Tables I and II were converted to mass flow rates utilizing the densities of water and dense CO2. It is interesting to observe that, for the two sets of the data of myo inositol (i.e., the effects of CO2 pressure as well as CO2 flow rate), the figure shows a correlation of particle size vs. mass flow rate ratio (the triangles in Figure 7). Particles reduce in size as the CO2 to solution flow rate ratio increases. The data of mannitol (the effect of CO2 flow rate), as represented by the diamonds, also foil in line with the data of myo-inositol.

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