6. Conclusion

A wide variety of melt crystallization processes are available to suit different industrial needs, from cold-wall layer crystallization in static or dynamic mode, to suspension crystallization in one or more scraped-surface crystallizers.

Melt crystallization meets the requirements of tomorrow's sustainable development processes:

• low energy consumption;

• solvent-free ;

• operates at low thermal levels and is therefore suitable for heat-sensitive compounds, as well as being safer;

• which can be very effective in a single step;

• resulting in low investment and maintenance costs.

Intensification of these processes is possible, in particular by drawing on...