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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2003
Ray Sircy Ruemekorf, Rosmalen, NL;
Reinhard Uwe Scholz, Kerken, DE;
Ray Sircy Ruemekorf, Rosmalen, NL;
Reinhard Uwe Scholz, Kerken, DE;
Niro Process Technology B.V., S-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for the purification of a substance from a solution, a suspension or a mixture of liquids by crystallization, preferably in a continuous manner. The apparatus comprises a first crystallizer () comprising an input () for receiving a liquid comprising the substance and an output () for discharging a slurry of liquid and crystals. The apparatus comprises also a first separator () connected to the outputof the first crystallizer () having a product output (), and being with a residue output () connected to an input of a second crystallizer (), and a second separator () being with an input connected to an output () of the second crystallizer (), a crystal output () of the second separator () being connected to an input of the first crystallizer ().