Process and installation for the production of selected crystallization seeds for use in a sugar refinery
AssigneeFives-Cail Babcock
InventorAndre Mercier
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Abstract
Process, centrifuge and installation for producing crystallization seeds, as for the sugar industry. A suspension of crystals produced from the seeded solution is subjected to a scheme of centrifugal separations whereby seeds falling within a predetermined size range are obtained for seeding the solution.
Claims10
Process of producing crystallization seeds for seeding a solution of a crystallizable product, which comprises forming a suspension of crystals produced from the seeded solution in a fraction of the said solution, subjecting the said suspension to a first centrifugal separation wherein crystals whose size is superior to a predetermined maximal dimension are separated from the said suspension, subjecting the said suspension to a second centrifugal separation wherein crystals whose size is inferior to a minimal predetermined dimension are removed with the suspension, and seeding the said solution with the crystals separated from the suspension in the course of the second separation.
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