Case Studies

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  • Crystals

Monitoring of gypsum crystal slurry

Motivation For every ton of produced phosphoric acid the process produces >2.3 tons of gypsum…
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Optimizing battery materials production

Motivation Lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6) is commercially the most widely used lithium battery solute lithium salt.…
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  • Stock Impurities

Inline pitch analysis

Motivation Pitch particles in pulp suspension cause both runnability issues and defects in the final…
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  • Stock Impurities

Online monitoring of black liquor precipitation using ultrasound sonication

Motivation Black liquor, a by-product obtained from the kraft pulping process, is an aqueous suspension…
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  • Stock Impurities

Screen basket monitoring​

Motivation​ Many screen baskets are used in stock preparation to clean the raw material and…
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  • Particles

Early detection of microalgae culture contamination – Project ROBA

Motivation Biological contamination is one of the biggest bottlenecks in microalgae cultivation, preventing the commercial…
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Control of continuous crystallization

Motivation Chemical recovery in the pulp mill is based on leaching and recrystallization. Disturbances in…
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  • Particles

Paper machine white-water analysis

Motivation The properties and concentration of particles in paper machine white-water reflects several aspects of…
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  • Crystals

Implementation of automatic seeding

Motivation The timing of seeding is very critical in the crystallization food ingredient products. Seeding…
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Detection of secondary nucleation

Motivation In boiling crystallization secondary nucleation creates fines that induce problems in centrifuges and result…
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  • Droplets

Measurement of droplet size distribution

Motivation Information on the droplet size distribution generated by a high-pressure spray nozzle at various…
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  • Droplets

Optimization of droplet dispersion mixing

Motivation The interfacial surface area in liquid-liquid dispersion controls the mass transfer between the phases.…
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  • Droplets

Optimization of droplet size and purity

Motivation Catalyst particles are produced in a liquid-liquid process. The characteristics of the formed droplets…
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  • Stock Impurities

Dirt detection in bleached pulp suspension

Motivation Uncooked components, bark and similar impurities appear as quality defects in paper, board and…
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  • Particles

Analysis of fiber refining

Motivation Refining is used to optimize stock properties (disintegration, fiber fibrillation, fiber morphology) to improve…
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Online measurement of a spray coating process

Motivation Spray coating is used in granule production both to apply active ingredient on the…
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  • Particles

Grinding quality control

Motivation Wet grinding is used in mineral processing to control particle size distribution. The optimization…
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Monitoring of a flotation in water treatment facility

Motivation The feed and operating conditions of an industrial water treatment facility vary considerably. Disturbances…
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Monitoring of a mineral flotation cell

Motivation The performance of a flotation process is determined by the separation efficiency of the…
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Optimization of foam generation

Motivation In foam-laid forming the properties of the foam are crucial for optimal process performance…