DESCRIPTION:
Evaporation deals with the concentration of a non-volatile solute from a solution by the removal of required amount of volatile solvent. Usually the solvent is water. By vaporizing a part of the solvent, useful product i.e. the concentrated solution or thick liquor is produced and the vapour is discarded. Long tube evaporators are usually used for the concentration of foamy liquids. The set-up consists of stainless steel tubes surrounded by a stainless steel jacket and fitted with accumulator. Dilute solution is feed to tubes. Steam from a steam generator is supplied to shell to concentrate the dilute feed solution to a desired level. The jacket is fitted with a steam trap and the condensate is collected at the end of trap. The vapours of volatile solvent are condensed in a shell & tube type condenser and the balance non-volatile solute collected in the accumulator is recycled through the evaporator.
EXPERIMENTATION:
To concentrate a solution and to evaluate the following at steady state:
Material and Heat Balance.
Economy and the capacity of the evaporator.
Overall heat transfer co-efficient.
UTILITIES REQUIRED:
Water supply 5 lit/min (approx.) and Drain.
Electricity Supply : 1 Phase, 220 V AC, 4 kW.
Required Chemicals.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Evaporator Material stainless steel
Shell Dia - 75mm, Length - 750mm,
Tubes Dia - 12mm, Length - 750mm
Feed Circulation By Gravity feed
Feed Tank Material stainless steel, Capacity 25 Ltrs.
Flow Measurement Rotameters (One each for feed & cold water).
Steam Generator Made of stainless steel provided with Pressure Gauge & Level Indicator, Safety valve and drain etc. & insulated with ceramic wool and cladding with Aluminium foil.
Piping Stainless Steel and PVC, size ¼”.
Condenser Shell & Tube type made of Stainless Steel.
Bottom Product Tank Made of Stainless Steel, capacity 10 Ltrs.
Water Supply Tank Made of Stainless Steel, capacity 50 Ltrs.
For Condenser
Pump FHP capacity
Heaters Nichrome wire heater.
Control panel comprises of
Digital Temp. Controller 0-199.90C, (For Steam Generator)
Digital Temp. Indicator 0-199.90C, with multi-channel switch.
Temp. Sensors RTD PT-100, Standard make On/Off switch, Mains Indicator etc.
Instruction Manual An ENGLISH instruction manual will be provided along with the Apparatus
The whole set-up is well designed and arranged on a good quality painted structure.
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