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CLIMBING FILM PIPE

EVAPORATOR
MODEL: BP 210

HE Climbing Film Pipe Evaporator (Model: BP 210) has been designed for student demonstration
T on climbing film evaporation process. This floor standing pilot-plant unit consists mainly of an evaporator
tube, a feed tank, a feed pump, a cyclone separator, vessels for distillate and concentrate, and a
vacuum pump. The unit is suitable for the evaporation and concentration of heat sensitive products such as
milk, fruit juices, etc. Using the existing laboratory steam supply students will conduct experiments to study the
effects on evaporation rate of feed flow rate and temperature, and evaporator temperature and pressure. Students
will also study the effect of process parameters on the evaporator economy.

The dilute feed from the feed tank enters the bottom
of the evaporator tube, on the outside of which steam
is condensing. The feed is often below its boiling
point, and for a short distance, the feed to the tube
flows upward as a liquid and receives heat from the
condensing steam. Bubbles of vapour are formed
when boiling of the liquid commences, and they
increase the linear velocity of the flow, thus increasing
the rate of heat transfer. Towards the end of the tube,
bubble growth is rapid, and bubbles of vapour
alternating with slugs of liquid rise quickly through the
tube and discharge at a high velocity from the top.
The resulting mixture of liquid and vapour then enters
the separator, where the linear velocity of the vapour
is reduced, allowing the separation of the liquid and
vapour streams to take place. The concentrated liquor
can then be removed from the system (once through
operation) or can be recycled for further concentration
(re-circulation). The vapour leaves the top of the
separator to a condenser and collected or discarded
as distillate.
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EXPERIMENTAL CAPABILITIES
♦ Mass and heat balances.
♦ Determination of evaporator capacity and
economy.
♦ The effect of steam pressure, feed flow rate and
evaporator pressure on the evaporation rate.
♦ The effect of sensible and evaporative heat loads
on evaporator capacity.
♦ The effect of process parameter on the evaporator
economy.
SPECIFICATIONS
Evaporator Tube (W1)
Shell and tube made of borosilicate glass
Size: DN25 (shell); DN15 (tube)
Length = 1,700 mm
Inlets for steam and feed liquid.
Outlets for thick liquor, vapour, steam condensate, and
non-condensable gasses from the steam.
Feed Vessel (B1)
5-L graduated vessel made of glass with charge port,
vacuum connection and venting.
Concentrate Vessel (B2)
2.5-L graduated cylindrical vessel made of glass with
charge port.
Cyclone Separator (B3)
High efficiency cyclone made of glass for separation
of concentrate and vapour (distillate).
Distillate Vessels (B4 & B5)
5-L graduated vessel made of glass with vacuum
connection and venting.
Condenser (W2)
High efficiency coil heat exchanger made of
borosilicate glass with cooling water connectioins.
Exchange area: 0.7 m2.
Feed Pump (P1)
Chemical metering pump with bypass valve.
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Capacity: 10 L/hr.
Vacuum Pump (P2)
Chemical resistant diaphragm pump delivering down
to 8 mbar vacuum at a flow rate of up to 2.5 m3/h.
Comes complete with a vacuum controller, suction side
separator and pressure side emission condenser.
Instrument and Control
Temperature measurements for concentrate, steam,
and cooling water inlet and outlet.
Flow rate mesurements for feed, steam and cooling
water.
Pressure measurements for evaporator and steam.
Framework
Stainless steel pipe with all necessary holders and
brackets.
Technical Data
Evaporation rate : up to 10 kg/h (water)
Steam consumption : max. 15 kg/h
Max. steam pressure : 1.7 bar
Operating pressure : vacuum, standard pressure.
Over pressure max. 0.5 bar
OPTIONAL ITEMS
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DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATIONS
i) 4 units of temperature sensors
ii) 2 units of flow transducers
iii) 2 units of pressure transducers
iv) 3 units of digital indicators
-DAS
SOLDAS DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM
i) PC with latest Pentium Processor
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ii) Electronic signal conditioning system OVERALL DIMENSIONS
iii) Stand alone data acquisition modules
iv) Windows based software Height : 3.00 m
Width : 1.00 m
- CAL Depth : 0.60 m
SOLCAL COMPUTER AIDED LEARNING
SOFTWARE
MANUAL
i) Interactive multimedia features
ii) Graphical simulation The unit is supplied with Operating and Experiment
iii) Experiment results samples Manuals in English giving full descriptions of the unit,
iv) Full experiment manuals summary of theory, experimental procedures and
typical experimental results.

REQUIREMENTS

Steam Supply : 20 kg/hr @ 2 bar (g)

Water Supply : 25 LPM @ 10 m head
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- Multimedia Features
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- Graphic Simulation
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