Investigating parameters of crystallization for malic acid production

Bartek配料公司(安大略省Stoney Creek)是全球最大的苹果酸生产商，苹果酸主要用作食品和饮料的配料。苹果酸天然存在于各种水果和蔬菜中，这导致了它们令人愉快的酸味。随着全球市场需求的不断增长，Bartek寻求通过两种方式提高其制造工厂的产能：通过建造额外的反应堆和通过消除制造过程中的低效。苹果酸生产的最后阶段是一个蒸发结晶过程，人们对此还没有很好的了解。

Bartek Ingredients Inc. (Stoney Creek, Ontario) is the largest producer of malic acid worldwide, which is used primarily as an ingredient for food and beverage applications. Malic acid occurs naturally in various fruits and vegetables, which contributes to their pleasantly sour taste. With growing worldwide market demand, Bartek seeks to increase production capacity at their manufacturing plant in two ways: by building an additional reactor and by eliminating inefficiencies in their manufacturing processes. The final stage of malic acid production is an evaporative crystallization process that is not well understood, and