Evaporation is used in order to increase the concentration of a solution.The purpose can be to remove as much water as possible before transportation or storage,or as a preliminary stage in a liquid to powder drying process.
Next to distilling, evaporation is the most energy-demanding process in the food,beverage pharmaceutical ,chemical and organic natural products industries. This means the performance optimisation is critical in minimizing process costs.
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Multiple-effects evaporation
If it is a single-effect evaporator , in the common case of evaporation, about 1Kg/hr of vapour will be produced by 1kg/hr of live steam.
If the amount of vapour produced by primary energy is used as heating steam in a
second effect,the energy of the overall system is reduced by about 50%, This principle can be continued over further effects to save even more energy.
|
Live steam |
Vapour |
Steam consumption |
1-effect-plant |
1kg/h |
1kg/h |
100% |
2-effect plant |
1kg/h |
2kg/h |
50% |
3-effect plant |
1kg/h |
3kg/h |
33% |
4-effect plant |
1kg/h |
4kg/h |
25% |