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Abstract This review summarizes results of an interdisciplinary project devoted to improve the access to enantiopure components by applying an advanced continuous separation process exploiting the principle of kinetically controlled preferential crystallization within two coupled fluidized beds located in conically shaped tubular crystallizers. The process efficiently combines selective crystallization with integrated product classification. Along with summarizing the related literature, also new original results are presented with respect to theoretical process description and experimental validation. Although only one chiral system is considered specifically, namely the separation of the enantiomers of a racemic mixture of asparagine monohydrate using water as solvent, general conclusions will be drawn to highlight the large potential of the process principle. The conceptual approaches presented are seen as useful tools for the development of productive continuous enantioselective crystallization processes. They are applicable to separate enantiomers of numerous chiral molecules.