High evaporation rates within a single process path
Wiped Film and Thin Film evaporation enable the processing of heat-sensitive, fouling, and viscous products.
Wiped Film and Thin Film Evaporators comprise a cylindrical heating jacket and an inner rotating wiper system, dispersing the product onto the heating jacket as a thin and turbulent film. The turbulence within the wiped film enhances heat and mass transfer, achieving a high evaporation rate with short residence times, often within a single processing pass. The separated vapors are either condensed on an external condenser or further separated in a fractional column.
Performance Features
- Capacity: 0.1 kg/h up to several t/h
- Operating pressure: down to 1 mbara
- Turn down ratio: 95 % and higher
- Viscosity: 75.000 mPas or more at operating temperature
- Residence time:
less than one minute - Treatment of fouling products: possible
- Combination of fractionation column: possible
- Distillation process: fully continuous
Typical Applications
Processing Of Thermal Sensitive or Viscous Products Such As:
- BDO (Butanediol)
- Lecithin
- Whey
- Biopolymers
- Used oil
- Isocyanates (TDI, HDI)
Design Features
- Heat exchange surface: 0.04 m² - 103 m²
- Available scales: laboratory, pilot and industrial
- Material of construction: glass, stainless steel, special alloys, glass-lined
- GMP and hygienic version: available
- Shell and rotor: straight or tapered
- Rotors: Various styles available depending on processing needs
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VTA provides package units in laboratory, pilot, and industrial scales.
VTA delivers Package Units in laboratory, pilot and industrial scale. Package units are skid mounted, pre-assembled systems for wiped film and short path distillation, rectification and thin film drying.
All essential components such as evaporators, condensers, vessels, and piping are crafted in state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities by highly skilled personnel, either by VTA or within the STREICHER group. Our comprehensive engineering services are conducted entirely in-house at VTA, ensuring seamless project execution by minimizing interfaces.
