Multiple Effect Evaporator

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MULTIPLE EFFECT EVAPORATORS Evaporators play an important part in any chemical industry. They are used to concentrate a particular feed solution to a desired concentration through evaporation of the solvent. Cutting down waste handling cost is another major application of evaporators for large companies. Legally, all producers of waste must dispose of the waste in a method that abides by environmental guidelines. These methods are costly. If up to 98% of wastes can be vaporized, industry can greatly reduce the amount of money that would otherwise be allocated towards waste handling. The Effluent Treatment Plant uses a Multiple Evaporator System to treat the effluent/waste water discharge from various production plants in order to completely recover all the water which can be recycled and reused. The plant has a zero effluent discharge and the entire waste that is recovered after evaporation is in the form a solid cake/salt cake which can be easily handled and disposed according to the pollution norms. Since a single effect evaporator has a very poor steam economy , a three effect multiple evaporator system is used. The design of a the system requires rigourous planning and precision to optimise the steam economy/heat loads in order to achieve maximum possible efficiency in a stream lined fashion. The feed that is fed into the evaporator system undergoes several pre -treatment processes in order to remove the hardness and other impurities which can hamper the system. In the penultimate stage it is treated in a Reverse Osmosis plant , the discharge of which is fed into the Multiple Evaporator System. The feed mainly consists of sodium chloride and sodium sulphate along with traces of other impurites. It is passed through a series of preheaters in order to heat the feed upto a desired temperature and is fed into the Vapour Liquid Separator of the first effect
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