Construction And Operation Of Evaporators-|Dairy Engineering|Technical Superintendent Milma|Technical Superintendent Milk Marketing Federation Limited

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Construction and Operation of Evaporators-|Dairy Engineering|Technical Superintendent milma|Technical Superintendent Milk Marketing Federation Limited

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Evaporators

What is an Evaporator? Need of Evaporator in Dairy Plants

A number of evaporators of different designs have been developed.

The need of large scale operation and of improvement in quality has replaced the batch type evaporators.

We shall discuss here the most important types of evaporators that are of interest to the dairy industry.

EVAPORATOR SYSTEMS

Basically, an evaporator system consists of ;

a heat exchanger, supplying the sensible heat to raise the product to its boiling point and provide the latent heat of vaporization,
a separator for the separation of vapour and concentrate,
a condenser to remove the resultant vapour as condensate and a vacuum system as the process is carried out under reduced pressure.

The heating medium is steam.

For vacuum, barometric leg condenser, vacuum pump and steam ejector are generally used.

The evaporators may employ natural or forced circulation of the product.

In natural circulation units, the circulation of the liquid is brought about by convective currents arising from the heating surface.

In forced circulation evaporators, the increased velocity of the liquid over the heat transfer surface will bring about a marked increase in the liquid heat transfer coefficients.

The circulation is achieved with the aid of an external circulating pump generally a centrifugal pump.

The simplest evaporator as shown in the above figure consists of an open pan and kettle in which liquid is boiled.

The heat is supplied by condensation of steam on one side of a metal surface and the liquid material to be evaporated on the other side.

Sometimes heating coils immersed in the liquid.

In some cases, the kettle is indirectly fired.

These evaporators are inexpensive and simple to operate, but the heat economy is poor.

Paddles and/or scrapers are used to improve the economy and quality of the product.

Based on the nature of the heat transfer surface, evaporators can be classified as: