Advantages of Scraped Surface Continuous Crystallizers over other methods of Cry

stallization

Smaller equipment, which generally means less expensive installations, less floo
r space needed, less operator labor, and no duplication of instrumentation, pipe
, etc.
Better process control, less upsets of hazardous or expensive materials and less
peak utility demand.
Modular design allows for easy expansion with growth in demand.
Simple, self contained construction with minimum instrumentation and auxiliaries
such as condensers, vacuum systems, etc.
May be run for extended periods between hot washings whereas many shell and tube
exchangers would plug up in minutes.
May be run at much higher process fluid-coolant temperature differences than cou
ld shell and tube equipment without serious fouling or plugging.
May be used over an extremely wide temperature range (-75 C to +100 C).
May be used with high percentages of solids (as high as 65% solids as slurry).
High viscosities are not a problem (has been used with mother liquor viscosities
of 10,000 cp or higher).
Flow pattern in once-through operation closely approaches plug flow so conversio
n from batch operation is easy and virtually any desired time/temperature patter
n is possible.
In small capacity cases, a scraped surface crystallizer will be very inexpensive
. This is also true in cases where, for much larger installations, vacuum cryst
allization may seem most attractive.