Agitated Thin Film Dryer
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Due to its inherent design features, it is ideal for thermal treatment of solutions and heat sensitive products, where reduced operating temperatures and vacuum operating pressures are desirable. The typical Agitated Thin Film Evaporator consists of a tubular heat transfer area with an external heating jacket and a fast-revolving, inner rotor with flexible or rigid wiper elements. The driving speed is adapted to the product being handled, its particular specifications and task.
The feed product is evenly distributed by the rotor and its wipers over the heating surface, forming a thin liquid film of uniform thickness. Highly turbulent swirls are produced at the tip of the rotor blades and wipers with intensive mixing and agitation of the product, as it comes into contact with the heating surface. This assures excellent heat transfer combined with constant renewal of the product film and provides an even heating and short residence time of the product through the heated zone.
Key Advantages
Good heat conductivity (k-value), even when working with highly viscous and contaminated products
Minimal thermal stress, thanks to low operating capacity, therefore a short dwell time (10-20 seconds of mean dwell time)
No dead zone, therefore overheating prevented and perpetual high product quality guaranteed
Continuous mechanical cleaning of the heating surface prevents incrustations
High evaporation rates, due to highly turbulent film and large difference in temperature
Gentle evaporation, due to short residence times, rapid conveyance in the heated zone and the constant product film renewal, happens often
Combined with suppressed boiling points due to operation under vacuum
Reduced need for maintenance because of sophisticated bearings and shaft sealing parts
Shorter downtime and assembly time for maintenance and inspection
No corrosion as outside surface is usually made of stainless steel
Evaporation in one pass, no circulation
Small film thickness, no hydrostatic height
High turndown ratio and high flexibility for variation in requirements
Low operating pressure down to 1 micron to reduced boiling temperature
Single step drying because of unique designed combination of vertical and horizontal dryers
Effective evaporation of concentrated slurries, heat sensitive products, viscous and fouling fluids up to 99% in a single pass
Simple installation as the equipment is supplied skid mounted with all inter connecting piping, condensers and vacuum system
Single source responsibility for all project stages because of combined expertise in vacuum technology, heat transfer, evaporation, crystallization and drying – a design mix which gives optimal results
Applications
Mainly used for difficult vaporization and heat exchange processes, especially where products to be handled are highly viscous and conventional plants can no longer meet user demands because heat transfer is insufficient. Due to the liquid film, mechanically generated on the heating surfaces, thin film equipment achieve much better heat transfer rates, even with highly viscous products containing solids.
To concentrate highly viscous products, polluted liquids, salt solutions, oils, resins, etc
As a sump evaporator for vacuum rectification columns
Sludge drainage
To continuously dry powdery residues
Distillation of high-boiling substances under high vacuum
Degassing and/or removal of volatile components of highly viscous products
Heating or cooling of viscous solutions
Improve product quality by removing colour bodies, minimizing impurities and eliminating thermal degradation
Increase product recovery by reclaiming additional bottoms product from overhead and distillate products from bottoms
Separation of close-boiling compounds
Enhance product recovery
Recovers additional bottoms product from overhead
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