Industrial Crystallisation Equipment Course

Name: Industrial Crystallisation Equipment Design and Control Training Course
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Select, size, operate, control, and troubleshoot industrial crystallisers using process, equipment, and product evidence.

Industrial Crystallisation Equipment Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Dubai, Singapore, Prague, Abu Dhabi, London, Athens and more
Next session: 9 – 13 November 2026, Dubai
Average fee: 7,500 €

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Industrial Crystallisation Equipment Design and Control Training Course

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Overview

Industrial Crystallisation Equipment Design and Control Training Course is a one-week course for process, chemical, production, operations, and control functions who leave with an Industrial Crystalliser Design and Operating-Control Dossier. Participants connect solubility data, supersaturation, nucleation, crystal growth, equipment selection, heat duties, residence time, crystal-size distribution, and plant control. Agile Leaders Training Center presents industrial crystallisation equipment through traceable engineering and operating decisions.

Who Should Attend

Process-engineering functions responsible for separation design, balances, scale-up, and process performance
Production and operations functions responsible for stable crystalliser campaigns and product consistency
Process-control functions responsible for instrumentation, control loops, alarms, and operating trends
Maintenance and reliability functions responsible for fouling, encrustation, circulation, and equipment availability
Technical-management functions responsible for design reviews, operating risk, and improvement priorities

The course assumes participants use process data, flow diagrams, operating procedures, or equipment records at work and leaves laboratory crystal-structure determination and biopharmaceutical purification outside its scope.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries that produce, separate, and handle crystalline solids at plant scale.

Process design, engineering, operations, and process-control departments
Chemical, mineral, fertilizer, and inorganic-salt processing
Food-ingredient, sugar, and specialty-material production
Utilities, wastewater concentration, and resource-recovery operations
Maintenance, reliability, technical services, and project teams

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Analyze solubility, metastable-zone, and supersaturation evidence
Evaluate crystalliser type, size, circulation, and heat duties
Apply population-balance and crystal-size distribution concepts
Build instrumentation and operating-control strategies
Diagnose fouling, encrustation, fines, and product-variability causes
Develop an industrial crystalliser design and operating-control dossier

Course Agenda

Day 1: Establish the Crystallisation Design Basis

Solubility Curve and Phase-Behavior Data Sheet
Supersaturation and Metastable-Zone Operating Map
Nucleation, Growth, Agglomeration, and Breakage Mechanism Matrix
Material, Energy, and Yield Balance Worksheet
Product Purity, Morphology, and Crystal-Size Distribution Specification

Day 2: Select and Size Crystallisation Equipment

Cooling, Evaporative, Antisolvent, and Reactive Mode Decision Matrix
Forced-Circulation, DTB, OSLO, and MSMPR Selection Guide
Vessel Volume and Residence-Time Sizing Method
Heat-Exchanger Duty and Vacuum-System Calculation Sheet
Mixing, Circulation, Shear, and Suspension Review Checklist

Day 3: Engineer Population and Product Control

Population-Balance and Method-of-Moments Calculation Framework
Seeding Strategy and Seed-Mass Design Worksheet
Fines Removal, Classification, and Mother-Liquor Management Scheme
Turbidity, FBRM, Spectroscopy, and Temperature Measurement Plan
Supersaturation, Level, Temperature, and Feed Control Narrative

Day 4: Operate and Troubleshoot the Plant

Start-Up, Steady-State, Grade-Change, and Shutdown Procedure Map
Scaling, Fouling, and Encrustation Cause-and-Response Matrix
Crystal Breakage, Agglomeration, and Wide-Distribution Fault Tree
Filtration, Washing, Centrifugation, and Drying Interface Review
Scale-Up, Safety, Alarm, and Performance-Indicator Dashboard

Day 5: Practice Crystalliser Design and Control

Suggested Exercise: Interpret a Solubility and Supersaturation Map
Suggested Exercise: Select and Size a Crystalliser Configuration
Suggested Exercise: Build a Seeding and Population-Control Strategy
Suggested Exercise: Diagnose an Encrustation and Product-Size Deviation
Capstone Exercise: Present an Industrial Crystalliser Design and Operating-Control Dossier

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities to convert plant and design evidence into defensible crystallisation decisions.

Suggested activity: compare cooling and evaporative duties for a chemical-salt case.
Suggested activity: evaluate residence time, circulation, and crystal-size targets for a food-ingredient case.
Suggested activity: assemble an instrumentation and control narrative from process measurements.
Suggested activity: trace fouling, fines, filtration, and drying symptoms to corrective actions.

FAQs

Who suits industrial crystallisation equipment training, and what does it assume?

Industrial crystallisation equipment training suits engineering and operations functions that already work with process data, flow diagrams, operating procedures, equipment records, or production trends.

How does industrial crystallisation equipment training differ from distillation training?

Industrial crystallisation equipment training controls solid formation, crystal population, slurry behavior, and solid-liquid interfaces, while distillation training separates vapor-liquid mixtures through volatility and column operation.

How is supersaturation controlled in an industrial crystalliser?

Supersaturation is controlled through temperature, evaporation, feed composition, circulation, residence time, seeding, and product withdrawal, supported by suitable process measurements and operating limits.

What determines industrial crystalliser selection?

Industrial crystalliser selection depends on solubility behavior, required yield and crystal size, viscosity, scaling tendency, heat duty, residence time, circulation needs, product handling, and operating mode.

Why does crystal-size distribution vary during operation?

Crystal-size distribution varies when nucleation, growth, agglomeration, breakage, fines removal, mixing, seeding, residence time, or supersaturation changes across a campaign.

Conclusion

Participants take an Industrial Crystalliser Design and Operating-Control Dossier back to their organization. It connects the design basis, equipment selection, balances, population strategy, control narrative, operating procedures, troubleshooting evidence, and downstream interfaces. The dossier changes isolated calculations and operating reactions into a traceable basis for design reviews and plant decisions.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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London	Week 10, 2027 8 – 12 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Johannesburg	Week 11, 2027 21 – 25 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Casablanca	Week 12, 2027 22 – 26 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Tbilisi	Week 14, 2027 5 – 9 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Addis Ababa	Week 14, 2027 5 – 9 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Zoom	Week 15, 2027 12 – 16 April 2027	1 Week	Online	€3,000
Lagos	Week 15, 2027 18 – 22 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Rome	Week 16, 2027 19 – 23 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Milan	Week 17, 2027 26 – 30 April 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,000
Zanzibar	Week 17, 2027 2 – 6 May 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Abu Dhabi	Week 20, 2027 17 – 21 May 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Marbella	Week 20, 2027 23 – 27 May 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Chicago	Week 21, 2027 30 May – 3 June 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€16,000
Kuala Lumpur	Week 22, 2027 31 May – 4 June 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Nairobi	Week 22, 2027 6 – 10 June 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Geneva	Week 23, 2027 13 – 17 June 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Cairo	Week 25, 2027 21 – 25 June 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,200
Montreux	Week 26, 2027 28 June – 2 July 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Sharm El-Sheikh	Week 27, 2027 5 – 9 July 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,200
Lisbon	Week 28, 2027 12 – 16 July 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewIndustrial Crystallisation Equipment Design and Control Training Course is a one-week course for process, chemical, production, operations, and control functions who leave with an Industrial Crystalliser Design and Operating-Control Dossier. Participants connect solubility data, supersaturation, nucleation, crystal growth, equipment selection, hea…

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Industrial Crystallisation Equipment Course