FALLING FILMEVAPORATION SYSTEMS

FOOD-LIQUID CONCENTRATION / FALLING FILM

Falling film evaporators
for your actual liquid.

Short product hold-up · Controlled vacuum evaporation · Continuous surface wetting

Start with measured viscosity, suspended solids and fouling tendency. Falling film is a candidate for low-viscosity liquids when continuous wetting can be maintained; concentrated, fibrous or crystallizing feeds need a closer review.

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01Product suitability
02Water-removal duty
03Heat-recovery strategy
Real pilot-scale falling-film apparatus with three vertical columns, vessels and control panel, AI-enhanced presentation
Real pilot-equipment reference · background and light enhanced with AI · not a delivered-project claim

Concentrate the product.
Understand the duty.

Juice, filtered extracts and liquid food ingredients each bring different distribution, viscosity, fouling and quality requirements. Select the equipment against those conditions, not a feed-flow figure alone.

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Effect count and vapour recompression solve different parts of the energy question. Compare the arrangements on the same product and operating basis.

Configuration illustrations are AI-generated; they are not photographs of supplied equipment.

Start with the application

APPLICATION & SELECTION

Juice concentration

Clarification, soluble solids and aroma objectives guide the equipment review.

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Filtered food extracts

Evaluate deposits, temperature exposure and the concentrate properties.

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Liquid food ingredients

Bring formulation, rheology and hygienic handling into the duty.

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Understand the product path

Distribution, heat transfer and separation are the core of a working falling-film evaporator. The vacuum, pumping and controls must support that same duty.

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Specify water removal, not just feed flow

A USEFUL STARTING POINT

One feed rate can mean very different evaporation duties.

At 1,000 kg/h feed, concentrating from 12% to 60% solids gives a calculated 800 kg/h of water removal. That balance is a starting requirement, not a rated machine capacity.

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MASS BALANCE / STEADY STATE

No density conversion: enter kg/h, never L/h. Assumes conserved non-volatile solids, no additions, losses, reaction or accumulation. Brix is an approximation for real food mixtures. This is not thermal sizing or a rated equipment capacity.

Example: 1,000 kg/h at 12% to 60% gives 200 kg/h concentrate and 800 kg/h evaporated water.

What makes a useful equipment proposal?

01 / PROCESS BASIS

A shared duty

Feed, concentrate, water removal and product properties stated together.

02 / EQUIPMENT SCOPE

Clear interfaces

Heating, vacuum, product handling, controls and cleaning inclusions identified.

03 / VERIFICATION

Agreed acceptance

Measured operating conditions, product-quality checks and a defined test method.

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YOUR PRODUCT. YOUR DUTY.

Give the equipment a clear brief.

Tell us the liquid, feed rate and concentration target. Add the utility conditions you know; we will identify what needs further review.

Discuss your evaporation duty

Choose the liquid path first

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Published shipping reference

Published shipping record: a multi-effect falling-film unit for citrus concentration. Operating life, measured energy consumption and final concentration are unverified.