Falling film evaporator for temperature-sensitive products
Ensure consistent concentration and quality of heat-sensitive liquids with an energy-efficient falling film evaporator, ideal for minimizing degradation while maximizing throughput in your production line.
Efficiently Concentrates and Evaporates Liquid Solutions
The Falling Film Evaporator from GEA Group is a specialized solution tailored for industrial-scale liquid concentration in sectors such as food, beverage, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals. This evaporator excels in gentle, high-efficiency evaporation, crucial for temperature-sensitive applications like fruit juice concentrates, herbal extracts, and pharmaceutical active ingredients. Operating with a vertical shell-and-tube heat exchanger, it employs a multi-effect arrangement or thermal vapor recompression to achieve energy-efficient evaporation, while accommodating throughputs of up to 150 tons per hour.
Engineered for continuous and automated processes, it integrates seamlessly into existing production lines, providing quick setup and adaptability to changing operational conditions. Its design incorporates advanced material options to resist corrosion and ensure product purity. The system’s flexibility in heating sources, including waste heat usage, highlights its operational efficiency and sustainability. Additionally, the evaporator’s compliance with industry standards ensures reliable performance across various applications, supported by GEA’s engineering expertise for customized solutions.
Benefits
- Enhances product quality with gentle evaporation and minimal thermal impact, crucial for temperature-sensitive materials.
- Increases operational efficiency by utilizing waste heat and reducing overall energy consumption.
- Adapts easily to production changes, minimizing downtime with quick start-up and simplified maintenance.
- Ensures consistent product output through robust design that prevents incrustation and deposit build-up.
- Supports versatile applications across multiple industries, from food to pharmaceutical, boosting production line flexibility.
- Applications
- Food,Chemicals,Personal care,Gas and energy,Marine,Beverage,Oil,Environment,Home,New food,Dairy,Pharmaceutical
- End products
- Fruit juice concentrates,Pharmaceutical active ingredients,Biodiesel,Ethanol,Plant-based protein isolates,Milk powder,Herbal extracts,Marine algae extracts,Tomato paste,Whey protein isolate,Ammonia solution,Corn syrup,Essential oils
- Steps before
- Purification,Drying,Emulsification,Grinding
- Steps after
- Sterilization,Packing
- Input ingredients
- temperature-sensitive products,liquids containing small quantities of solids,low to moderate incrustation tendency liquids,concentrated liquids
- Output ingredients
- evaporated liquids,residual film liquid,vapor
- Market info
- GEA is known for its expertise in engineering innovative and sustainable equipment and solutions, focusing on sectors such as food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and energy, with a reputation for quality, efficiency, and advanced technological applications in industrial processing.
- Capacity
- Up to 150 t/h
- Floor Space Requirement
- Relatively small
- Operation Pressure
- Vacuum
- Residence Time
- Extremely short
- Automation
- Automated process control
- Heating Options
- Thermal or mechanical vapor recompressor
- Heating Options
- Exhaust airstreams or hot water
- Liquid Distribution
- Gravity-fed
- Heating Tube Design
- Vertical shell-and-tube
- Boiling Mechanism
- External heating of tubes
- Flexibility
- Quick start-up and switchover
- Working mechanism
- Falling Film Evaporation
- Evaporation technique
- Vertical shell-and-tube heat exchanger
- Phase separation
- Centrifugal separator
- Operation mode
- Continuous flow
- Product versatility
- Handles temperature-sensitive products
- Initial driving force
- Gravity
- Energy source
- Thermal or mechanical vapor recompression
- Handling of solids
- Low to moderate incrustation tendency
- Automation level
- Simple process control and automation
- Cleaning method
- Quick switchover to cleaning
- Wetting system
- Ensures complete wetting of heating surface
- Temperature Sensitivity
- Yes
- Corrosive Resistance
- Yes
- Cleanability
- High
- Density/Particle Size
- Low to Moderate
- Foaming
- Minimal
- Footprint
- Relatively small
- Control system
- Automated / Manual
- Flexibility
- Multiple-effect arrangement
- Heating options
- Steam / Waste heat / Vapour recompressor
- Distribution system
- Adjustable
- Product handling capability
- Temperature-sensitive / Low solids
- Incrustation Prevention
- Optimized liquid distribution