Thèse soutenue

Transformation physiques et chimiques de l’azithromycine au cours du séchage par contact en lit agité et sous vide

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Auteur / Autrice : Souad Timoumi
Direction : Julien AndrieuFéthi Zagrouba
Type : Thèse de doctorat
Discipline(s) : Génie des procédés
Date : Soutenance en 2008
Etablissement(s) : Lyon 1 en cotutelle avec Université 7 Novembre (Carthage, Tunisie)

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The two main objectives of this word were : 1) the experimental study of the effect of hygro-thermal conditions variation on the physical stability and the thermophysical properties of azithromycin ; 2) the determination of the drying operating conditions that provide the best compromise between the chemical purity of the product and the processing time by means of an experimental design. As concerns the first goal, the density, the heat capacity, the heat conductivity, the solubility and the desorption isotherms of the commercial azithromycin, were determined for a start. Then, the samples heated at 50°C and 80°C were analysed by PLM, DSC, TGA and WRPD techniques and the data were compared to that of the original sample. According to these data, the original azithromycin was a stable dehydrate which converted by isomorphic dehydration (the crystalline lattice remained unchanged) to a very hygroscopic anhydrate when heated up to 80° C. As concerns the second goal, drying trials were realised by means of laboratory equipment according to a second order experimental design. The operating parameters were the heating wall temperature, the vessel total pressure and the rotational speed of the stirrer. The responses of our experimental plan were the total impurity content and the specific contents of impurities A and B. According to our results, the highest temperatures and lowest pressures corresponded, on one hand, to the lowest drying times, but, on the other hand, to the highest impurities contents. The generation of impurity A was evidently activated by temperature. Finally, a global operating optimum was determined by targeting the maximum tolerated impurities contents and by minimizing the drying time