Abstract

Current technological aspects of lactose crystallization are considered. A promising lactose crystallization method involving simulation seed crystals is reported. Advanced engineering solutions for continuous crystallization using spraying in vacuo and scraped-surface heat exchangers are presented.

Keywords

lactose, heterogeneous and homogeneous crystallization, simulation seed crystals, continuous crystallization of lactose, scraped-surface plate-type cooling crystallizer, vacuum spray crystallizer.

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