The filtrate from the filter press, amounting to 46,455 kg, is transferred to the surfacecooled crystallizer via centrifugal

pump. A surface-cooled crystallizer consists of a shell and tube

heat exchanger, where the slurry is cooled to achieve supersaturation, and a crystallizing
chamber which provides retention time for the crystals to grow. The cooling water enters the
shell-side of the heat exchanger at 26.6C and exits at 40C. The slurry is pumped to the tube
side of the heat exchanger entering at 120C and leaves at 50C. The slurry then enters at the
bottom of the crystallizing chamber wherein crystals form and deposits at the settling zone.
1,419 kg of wet levulinic acid is drawn off from the chambers settling zone and then transferred
to a filter press to separate the liquid from the levulinic acid crystals.

The slurry produced in the oxidizer, amounting to 17,294 kg, contains the succinic acid
and a significant amount of moisture. The succinic acid slurry contains 97.23% moisture, thus,
there is a need for the product to be dried. The slurry is transferred to the spray dryer through a
(pipe diameter) pipe via centrifugal pump (insert hp here). Steam at 200C, amounting to 7.07
kg, is supplied to the air heater wherein air is heated to 150C. The heated dry air is used to dry
the succinic acid. In the spray dryer, the wet succinic acid is sprayed on the top of the chamber
using a rotary atomizer running at 20,000 rpm. The dried air at 150C is supplied at the bottom
of the chamber. The droplets produced in the rotary atomizer contacts with the hot dry air
wherein the moisture readily evaporates. Through gravitational force, the dried succinic acid
falls to the bottom of the chamber. After 60 minutes, 479 kg of succinic acid is produced. The
dried succinic acid is transferred to a 1.70 m 3-capacity succinic acid silo using a pneumatic
conveyor.