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PSE Releases Major Update of gCRYSTAL Process Modelling Software
LONDON --(Business Wire)--
Process Systems Enterprise (PSE), the Advanced Process Modelling
company, today announced the release of gCRYSTAL 3.0, its
industry-leading software tool for increasing R&D efficiency, scaling up
with reduced risk and optimising crystallization processes.
With its ability to rigorously predict particle size distributions,
gCRYSTAL provides an integrated, easy-to-use, drag & drop graphical
environment for R&D personnel, process engineers and scientists engaged
in characterisation, design, scale-up and operation of crystallization
processes. The software has been developed in conjunction with several
leading companies from industries where crystallization processes -
including precipitation - play an integral part, such as
pharmaceuticals, fine and bulk chemicals, agrochemicals, food
processing, consumer goods and minerals and mining.
New features include the ability to model, regress and analyse
solubility vs solvent composition and temperature for enhanced modelling
of antisolvent crystallization, new built-in kinetic mdels for primary
and secondary nucleation, growth and agglomeration, and numerous
enhancements related to ease of use. Significantly faster execution
arising from various underlying improvements means that typical
simulations may run up to 10 times faster while the performance gains
for typical parameter estimations are greater than an order of magnitude.
gCRYSTAL 3.0 builds on gCRYSTAL's powerful existing capabilities for
batch, semi-batch and continuous crystallization process design and
operational analysis, which include capabilities for estimating growth
and other kinetic parameters from experimental data, multizonal
modelling - utilising links with computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
software - for reliable scale-up, and industry-leading optimisation
facilities.
Dr Sean Bermingham, VP of PSE's Solids business, says "gCRYSTAL 3.0
brings a step change to the effectiveness and efficiency with which
advanced modelling can be applied to industrial problems relating to
design optimisation and operational analysis. The built-in kinetics
model library, solubility modelling capability and speed of execution
enable a growing community of engineers and scientists to reap the
benefits of a sophisticated crystallization modelling tool."
Dr Bermingham adds "Our continuing involvement with leading consortia in
particle technology research, such as ERC-SOPS, RCPE and SSPC, helps to
keep us at the forefront of developments in solids processing
technology. At the same time, top universities such as Purdue,
Loughborough and Delft have started teaching this advanced technology to
a new generation of undergraduates."
Editors: for images, About gCRYSTAL and About PSE see www.psenterprise.com/news/pr121109.html
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