Making science work

Target groups

The course is intended for chemists, chemical engineers and plant managers working in the chemical and lifescience industry, in the fine chemicals industry as well as in the basic chemicals industry who develop crystallization processes, transfer crystallizations into production or between sites, operate crystallization processes or who optimize crystallizations. The course is equally directed towards persons working in formulation of crystalline products, in the life-science but also in alimentary or consumer products fields, wanting to learn more about the potentials of the processes leading to the crystalline starting material to be formulated.

Objective

The course imparts the theoretical basis of crystallizations and understanding of crystallization processes, nucleation, crystal growth and agglomeration. Further, the course will discuss the different crystallization techniques employed in the industry and it will discuss the basic data necessary for the successful development and optimization of any crystallization process as well as the underlying development work. This includes laboratory work as well as work in the plant. Topics treated will be the determination of solubility data, the analysis of the crystallization behavior and the comprehensive characterization of the crop. Techniques to control and to modify properties of the crop and to optimize the purification behavior by crystallization will also be discussed.