Falling film evaporator

Patent · 31 December 1975

OSTI ID:862499

Bruns, Lester E ^[1]

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1. Kennewick, WA

A falling film evaporator including a vertically oriented pipe heated exteriorly by a steam jacket and interiorly by a finned steam tube, all heating surfaces of the pipe and steam tube being formed of a material wet by water such as stainless steel, and packing within the pipe consisting of Raschig rings formed of a material that is not wet by water such as polyvinylidene fluoride.

• Research Organization: Atlantic Richfield Hanford Co., Richland, Wash. (USA)
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 3950216
• OSTI ID: 862499
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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consisting
evaporator
exteriorly
falling
falling film
film
film evaporator
finned
fluoride
formed
heated
heating
including
interiorly
jacket
material
oriented
packing
pipe
pipe heat
polyvinylidene
polyvinylidene fluoride
raschig
rings
stainless
stainless steel
steam
steam tube
steel
surfaces
tube
vertically
vertically oriented
vinylidene fluoride
water
wet