Case Studies

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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Optimization of the enzyme harvesting

Motivation Enzymes produced by Trichoderma fungi are harvested by precipitation or flash crystallization from the…
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Monitoring fungi cultivation

Motivation In bioprocesses the morphology of fungi culture is crucial for the enzyme production efficiency.…
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Optimization of gas dispersion in delignification

Motivation Oxygen delignification is used in pulp mills for lignin removal. The quality of oxygen…