The invention relates to a continuous method for obtaining a crystalline
monosaccharide, comprising:
continuous crystallization of the
monosaccharide in a main crystallizer (10), wherein
crystallization by
evaporation and / or
crystallization by cooling is carried out continuously on a
crystal suspension in the main crystallizer in order to allow crystals of the
monosaccharide to grow in the
crystal suspension; separation of crystals of the monosaccharide out of the
crystal suspension to obtain crystalline monosaccharide; continuous formation of a
mass of
crystallization magma for the main crystallizer (10) in a
cascade, wherein the
cascade comprises at least one first stage (13) and a final stage (15) connected in series and each stage comprises at least one pre-crystallizer (13A, 15A), wherein, in the at least one pre-crystallizer (13A) of the first stage (13), a solution is seeded with monosaccharide by means of monosaccharide seed crystals in order to obtain a pre-crystallization
magma, and a
mass of crystallization
magma for the downstream stage (14, 15) is formed from the pre-crystallization magma by means of crystallization by cooling and / or crystallization by
evaporation, and wherein a solution containing monosaccharide and a
mass of crystallization magma from the upstream stage is supplied to the at least one pre-crystallizer (15A, 15B, 15C) of the final stage (15) to obtain a pre-crystallization magma, and in the at least one pre-crystallizer (15A, 15B, 15C) of the final stage (15) a mass of crystallization magma for the main crystallizer (10) is formed from the pre-crystallisation magma by means of crystallization by cooling and / or crystallization by
evaporation; the continuous supply of a solution containing the monosaccharide and a mass of crystallization magma from the at least one pre-crystallizer (15A, 15B, 15C) of the final stage (15) of the
cascade to the main crystallizer (10) to provide the crystal suspension.