Research > Industrial Crystallization
Division for Industrial and Natural Sciences
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The general objective is to study the crystallization and precipitation of solid compounds under conditions close to industrial scale.
Better understanding of the processes requires good knowledge of the following basic steps : mixture of the reactants, stirring, germination, dissolution-growth, aggregation, agglomeration , fragmentation and sedimentation.
These phenomena are studied both experimentally and theoretically. The following topics were addressed in 2002 :
study of aggregation of metal oxide suspensions (hydrophobic silicia in aqueous medium) study of the behavior of a flowing suspension of gas hydrates in an instrumental loop, an important problematic for off-shore oil and gas production. Study of the formation of a hydrates clot in the loop. cold transportation under ice or hydrates state. modeling of methane production from sedimentary hydrates : possible gas resourcesFaculty & staff