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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1994
Léon Ninane, Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, FR;
Léopold Detry, Bayonne, FR;
Other;
Abstract
A process for crystallization of an inorganic substance includes preparing a supersaturated solution of the inorganic substance to be crystallized in a solvent which is a liquid; forcing a stream of the supersaturated solution upwardly through successively a fluidized bed distributor of a fluidized bed reactor and a bed of crystals arranged above the fluidized bed distributor with a pressure effective to cause fluidization of the bed of crystals, the fluidized bed distributor dividing the stream of supersaturated solution into thin, substantially parallel and vertical jets; maintaining the fluidized bed distributor at a temperature which is uniform and at which the inorganic substance to be crystallized from the supersaturated solution is lower than or equal to the concentration corresponding to saturation; and controlling the temperature of the fluidized bed distributor to cause the stream of supersaturated solution in the fluidized bed distributor to undergo a temperature change which is insufficient to desupersaturate it completely.