Crystallization

ALEJO, FRANCES GABRIELLE A.

4CHE-C

Problem:
A Chemical engineer was to be assigned to produce CaSO4.2H2O
crystals at 24 degrees Celsius using a scraped surface crystallizer.
He then fed in the crystallizer a saturated CaSO4 solution at 80
degrees Celsius and it was then cooled by water entering at 20
degrees Celsius with a mass rate of 10000 kg/hr and leaving at 45
degrees Celsius. The engineer was asked:
a.) what is the feed rate supplied in the process?
b.) If the mass rate of the water is not given, what will be the
amount of crystals per hr at 30C in the process? Given that the
overall coefficient is 500 W/m2-K and the area 1.5m

Diagram:
Feed
F
Xf
Tf
hf

Mother liquor
L
Xl
Tl
hl

W
t2

W
t1

Crystals
C
Xc
Tc=Tl
hc

Given:
MW CaSO4 = 136.14
MW CaSO4.5H20 = 172.17
Tf = 80 C
TL=Tc= 20 C
t1 = 10C
t2 = 40 C
W= 10000
kg/hr
U = 300 w/m2-K
Cp = 4187 J/kg-K
Cpf= 18.52+0.02197T-156800/T2
cal/kmol.K
Solubilities (HB Table 2.122)
Table 2-182
@ 80 C =
0.1966 g H2O
Lc = -0.18 kcal/mol
@ 20 C =
0.1928 g/ 100 g H2O @30C= 0.2090g/ 100g H2O

Solution
OMB: F = L + C

eqn. 1

SB: xf.F = xl.L + xc.C

eqn. 2

xf =
xc =
xl=
HB: q = WCp(t2 - t1) = FCpf(Tf - Tl) + CLc
(10000)(4187)

eqn. 3

Solution:
Solving simultaneously:
F=81687.8952 kg/hr
L=81683.9598 kg/hr
C=3.9354 kg/hr
Tlm=

Solution:
If the mass rate of the water is not given, what will be the amount of crystals per hr
at 30C in the process? U= 500 W/m2-K and the area 1.5m
OMB: F = L + C
FCpf(Tf - Tl) + CLc

eqn. 1

HB: q = WCp(t2 - t1) =

SB: xf.F = xl.L + xc.C

eqn. 2
UATlm
eqn. 4

HTE: q = WCp(t2-t1) =

xf =
xc =
xl=

eqn. 3

Solution
Solving simultaneously:
F=
L=
C=
Answers:
a.) F = 81687.8952 kg/hr
b.) C=