PSE Americas User Meeting 2005

Crystallization Focus Session

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Thursday 27 October at the Hilton Newark Airport, NJ

As part of next week's PSE User Meeting we have a special session focusing on the benefits of Advanced Process Modelling (APM) and Model-Based Innovation (MBI) for crystallization, for those interested in finding out more about these evolving new areas of technology.

Crystallization is a key application area for APM, as crystallization processes involve complex physics and chemistry. Because of the significant design and operation risk, there are significant benefits in generating high-quality quantitative information on which to based design and operational decisions.

PSE is at the forefront of crystallization modeling, as a result of the many years of R&D we have put into the area, and our work with major European and Japanese chemical, food and pharmaceutical companies.

The 3-hour session will be hosted by Dr Sean Bermingham, PSE's Technology Leader in crystallization and a key participant in European technology projects UNIAK, SINC-PRO and CryPTO.

Dr Bermingham will describe the current state-of-the-art in modeling of crystallization processes for R&D, process design and operation, focusing in particular on:

how APM can be used to scale up processes from laboratory to industrial scale with confidence
how APM and CFD zone (compartment) models can be combined for enhanced accuracy, taking into account both the crystallization physics and chemistry and fluid dynamic effects
the integration of experimental data within models for enhanced predictive accuracy, and the use of Model-Based Experiment Design techniques to design optimal experimental programs
the use of high-accuracy models in Model-Based Predictive Control and online optimisation of crystallization process operation.

Examples will range from large-scale industrial chemical crystallization to food (sugar and sweetener) and pharmaceutical processes.

The presentation will be followed by a round-table discussion on crystallization modelling issues, with particular reference to participants' requirements and their challenges in introducing APM and MBI techniques into their companies.

Times are as follows:

14:00 - 15:00 Presentation by Dr Sean Bermingham

15:00 - 16:30 Round-table discussion

Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis and the cost of the session is $125.

Availablity is limited so please click here to reserve your place and register for the event.