Let H be a Krull monoid with infinite class group and such that each divisor class of H contains a prime divisor. We show that for each finite set L of integers ≥2 there exists some h ∈ H such that the following are equivalent: (i) h has a representation for some irreducible elements , (ii) k ∈ L.
For a non-unit a of an atomic monoid H we call the set of lengths of a. Let H be a Krull monoid with infinite divisor class group such that each divisor class is the sum of a bounded number of prime divisor classes of H. We investigate factorization properties of H and show that H has sets of lengths containing large gaps. Finally we apply this result to finitely generated algebras over perfect fields with infinite divisor class group.