Artisan Evaporator/Stripper™

combines thin-film evaporation and stripping in a single process

Artisan’s falling-film Evaporation/Stripper column is the most cost-effective method of reducing volatiles in heat sensitive and viscous products to low ppm or ppb levels.

Benefits

• Thin product film maximizes heat and mass transfer
• Short residence time minimizes fouling, degradation and discoloration of heat-sensitive products
• Multiple stages strip volatiles to low ppm or ppb levels in one pass
• High turndown of up to 10:1
• No moving parts to maintain

Evaporator/Stripper’s thin-film, disc-and-tube design offers unique advantages over conventional stripping technologies or vertical falling-film evaporators.

Advantages

• Redistribution of the falling-film at each disc creates new surface for intimate liquid/vapor contact resulting in superior mass transfer
• Constantly maintains film on the trays with repeated liquid distribution, overcoming a major shortcoming of conventional falling-film evaporators
• Can operate at very low pressure (< 1 mmHg absolute)
• Typical pressure drop of 0.1 mmHg per tray
• Self-draining, unobstructed disc-and-tube design handles viscous (up to 8,000 cP), solids containing, and foaming materials
• Individually jacketed tubes, designed for steam or liquid heating media, permit simultaneous evaporation and stripping
• Low product hold-up and self-draining design allow for easy CIP and multi-product use

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