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- Title
Continuous Downstream Processing of Amino Acids in a Modular Miniplant.
- Authors
Hohmann, Lukas; Löbnitz, Lisa; Menke, Christina; Santhirakumaran, Bavatharani; Stier, Patrick; Stenger, Frank; Dufour, Fabrice; Wiese, Georg; zur Horst-Meyer, Santer zur; Kusserow, Burkhard; Zang, Werner; Nirschl, Hermann; Kockmann, Norbert
- Abstract
Abstract: Global competition leads to a need for a fast time to market and increased resource efficiency. Continuous processing, module‐based plant design, and multipurpose equipment are recently discussed approaches for the fine‐chemical industry. As a representative, the downstream process of amino acid production is discussed herein. A conventional batch procedure was transferred to a continuous process and realized in a modular miniplant, which comprised of evaporation in a wiped‐film evaporator, seeded cooling crystallization in a coiled tubular crystallizer, and solid/liquid separation on a vacuum belt filter. The operations were realized on‐skid with individual automation systems and integrated sensors. L‐Alanine was successfully processed in steady‐state operation.
- Subjects
AMINO acids; CHEMICAL industry; CRYSTALLIZATION; BATCH processing; MODULAR design; EVAPORATORS
- Publication
Chemical Engineering & Technology, 2018, Vol 41, Issue 6, p1152
- ISSN
0930-7516
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ceat.201700657