CA1239340A - Rotatory evaporator having enhanced heat transfer - Google Patents
Rotatory evaporator having enhanced heat transferInfo
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- B01D3/00—Distillation or related exchange processes in which liquids are contacted with gaseous media, e.g. stripping
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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Abstract
ABSTRACT
"Rotatory Evaporator Having Enhanced Heat Transfer"
An evaporator comprises a plurality of substantially parallel plates mounted for rotation about a common axis and in which provision is made for a condensible vapor to flow across a first face of each of said plates and for a liquid, at least a portion of which is to be evaporated, to flow across the second face of each of said plate, which plates are arranged to be rotatable at such a mean acceleration, measured in a radial direction with respect to said axis of rotation, greater than the acceleration due to gravity, said first face of each of said plates has a surface designed to discourage formation of a continuous liquid film thereon. The evaporator may be used to concentrate solutions, e.g. of depleted brine or aqueous caustic soda.
"Rotatory Evaporator Having Enhanced Heat Transfer"
An evaporator comprises a plurality of substantially parallel plates mounted for rotation about a common axis and in which provision is made for a condensible vapor to flow across a first face of each of said plates and for a liquid, at least a portion of which is to be evaporated, to flow across the second face of each of said plate, which plates are arranged to be rotatable at such a mean acceleration, measured in a radial direction with respect to said axis of rotation, greater than the acceleration due to gravity, said first face of each of said plates has a surface designed to discourage formation of a continuous liquid film thereon. The evaporator may be used to concentrate solutions, e.g. of depleted brine or aqueous caustic soda.
Description
1'~393~3 "Rotatory evaporator Having Enhanced Heat Transfer"
The present invention is an improved evaporator, more specifically a centrifugal apparatus for this purpose.
Within manufacturing industry it is frequently desired to convert a liquid into vapor form. For example a liquid feed stock may be required to enter a reaction in the vapor phase, or liquid components of a mixture may be separated or purified by distillation;
or a solution may be concentrated by removing a proportion of the solvent by evaporation therefrom. For these diverse purposes, a range of equipment has been developed over many years. Most of such equipment is of a stationary type but more recently, for some applications, rotary evaporators of different types have been proposed or used.
Thus an article by K C D Hickman et at in "Advances in Chemistry Series" No. 27, pages 128-46 (1960) described the so-called "Hickman Still", which was designed and operated to study its possible use for the distillation of brackish and saline waters. The inferior yield achieved by that apparatus as compared with that theoretically achievable was attributed by the authors to a number of possible factors.
Another rotary device is the so-called Centric Therm ultra-short~time evaporator, which has been offered by the firm Alfa-Laval for the treatment of heat-sensitive liquids. In that evaporator, the heat transfer is from steam across the thickness of conical discs in a nested stack. Jo 1~393~) Our object in devising the present invention has been to produce a rotary evaporator suitable for a wide range of applications and having a high rate of heat transfer.
According to the present invention, there is provided an evaporator which comprises a plurality of substantially parallel plates mounted for rotation about a common axis and in which provision is made for a condensable vapor to flow across a first face of lo each of said plates and for a liquid, at least a portion of which is to be evaporated, to flow across the second face of each of said plates, which plates are arranged to be rotatable at such a rotary speed as to subject any liquid thereon to a mean acceleration, measured in a radial direction with respect to said axis of rotation, greater than the acceleration due to gravity, said first face of each of said plates has a surface designed to discourage the formation of a continuous liquid film thereon.
Mean acceleration is defined by the equation:
am = ( I _ ) ( 2 US where is the rotational speed of the plates about the said axis in revolutions per minute, and Al is the distance in metros from the axis of rotation to the radially outer portion of the plates.
The evaporator of our invention may be used in general in any situation where it is desired to convert a liquid into its vapor. Thus it may be used, for 123934~
example, as a rotary still or purifying a liquid product, for example saline or brackish water. The evaporator is of particular value for concentrating a solution by removing a portion of the solvent. Such solution may be a liquid dissolved in a liquid solvent, provided that the solvent is more volatile than the solute. More usually, however, the solution will be of a solid solute. Thus in one particular application, the evaporator of the present invention may be used for concentrating brine, for example so-called "depleted"
brine from electrolytic cells used in the production of chlorine in another, it may be employed to concentrate aqueous caustic soda solutions from membrane cells.
The condensable vapor which flows across the first face of each of the plates of the evaporator and by means of which heat is introduced to the system may with advantage be steam. Alternatively it may be the vapor form of one of the commercially available or appropriate compounds or mixtures of compounds specifically offered as heat transfer fluids. Thus it may be one of the refrigerants of the sheller-fluorohydrocarbon range, especially the Of to C2 compounds from that range. These include Refrigerant 22, which is chlorodifluoromethane, Refrigerant 12 tdichlorodifluoromethane), Refrigerant 115 (chloropentafluoroethane) and Refrigerant 114 (dichlorotetrafluoroethane) and those refrigerants which are azeotropic mixtures of such compound.
As already indicated, the first face of the plates which are a feature of the evaporator according to the present invention, thaw is the face over which - the condensable vapor flows has a surface designed to discourage the formation of a continuous liquid film .
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thereon. Preferably the first face of the plates is treated such that (a) condensation of the condonable vapor thereon occurs in a drops fashion and (b) its nettability is reduced such that formation of any continuous, stable liquid film is discouraged. Such treatments include provision of a coating of inter aria a suitable silicone or polytetrafluoroethylene on the surface.
Alternatively, in order to disrupt any liquid film which otherwise would be formed, the surface of said first face of the plates may have protrusions from said surface, indentations in said surface or the plate may be corrugated. These features designed to disrupt the film, where they are present, are preferably disposed generally transversely to the radial flow of any liquid across the plate surface. More preferably, they are disposed in one or more circles which are concentric with the axis of rotation of the plates or in a continuous spiral configuration about said axis.
Thus in one form/ where the surface features are one or more channels in the plate surface, it is preferred that they are continuous channels disposed concentrically about said axis of rotation or a continuous spiral channel about that axis a center.
When these features, for example corrugations, protrusions or indentations, are disposed in concentric circles or a spiral configuration, the circles or successive laps of the spiral are preferably spaced at a density, measured in a radial direction, of between 50 and 1,000 per moire, preferably more than about 100 per moire. Thus the pitch of the pattern of these surface features, that is the distance between repeated features of the pattern, is preferably between 1 mm and I
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20 mums, more preferably less than about lo mums. When the surface features are channels, the depth of each channel is preferably between 0.05 and 5 mums, especially between 0.2 and 5 mums and more especially between 0.5 and 2.5 mums. Very shallow channels, for example of the order of 0.05 to 0.25 mm, may if desired be formed by etching the plate surface.
We do not exclude the possibility that in addition to modifying the profile of the plate surface, lo the plate surface coming into contact with the condensable vapor may be treated to reduce its nettability.
The second face of the plates, that is the face over which flows the liquid of which at least a proportion is to be evaporated, may advantageously be treated so as to assist the retention of a continuous film of liquid thereon. Such treatment, which may be chemical, e.g. etching, or physical, e.g. sand-blasting, will in general be aimed at giving the surface an overall fine roughness.
The thickness of the plates employed in the device according to the present invention is generally between 0.5 and 5 mums, depending upon the material of construction, the specific evaporation to be carried out and the form of surface features chosen. Nile the thickness of the plate may vary - and obviously will vary with some forms of surface features - in general when referring to plate thickness we refer to the plate thickness as it would be without those features. The plate thickness is preferably between 0.25 and 1.5 mums, especially between 0.5 and lo mm.
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The outer diameter of the plates used in the evaporator of the present invention is typically in the range 10 cm to 5 metros and is preferably between about 50 cm and 100 cm and where the plates are in the form of an annuls the inner diameter thereof is typically in the range 5 cm to 1 moire.
The plurality of plates in the evaporator of the present invention are mounted substantially parallel to each other along the common axis about which they are able to rotate and are closely adjacent to one another to form narrow passages. Preferably the mean axial depth of the passages between adjacent plates is less than about 50 mums and more preferably is between Owe mm and 5 mm. Where the axial depth of a passage varies along the radial length thereof, for example both of the two opposing surfaces which define the passage have peaks and troughs, the troughs of the first of the said surface being aligned with the troughs of the second of the said surface and the peaks of the first surface I being aligned with the peaks of the second surface, the narrowest gap is often about 2 mm and the largest gap is often about 8 mm.
It is indeed often preferred that the surfaces of adjacent plates, where those surfaces are both contoured, are so aligned that protrusions on one surface are aligned with protrusions on the other. In this way, a fresh spray of the liquid wormed by condensation of the condensable vapor can be continuously formed since as the liquid flows through the passageway between two plates, the opposed surfaces of which have a multiplicity of contours, it is ejected from a protruding contour on one plate and deposited on a contour on the opposed surface of the adjacent plate, ~3~g34~
, from a protruding contour of which it is rapidly ejected. This ejection alternates between the protruding contours of the two opposed surfaces as the liquid flows along the passageway there between and in this way the transfer of heat via the plates to the liquid to be vaporized is enhanced.
In a useful modification of this last-described arrangement, linear protrusions- on one surface are arranged to cross similar protrusions on the other surface at a shallow angle and the protrusions on these adjacent surf aces are in contact with each other at the points of crossing. In this way, an element of additional support is imparted to the structure as a whole and as a result it is possible to use thinner plates, thereby further improving the transfer of heat across each plate.
In general, when a plate bearing liquid upon its surface is rotated, the centrifugal effect tends to move that liquid in a direction generally away from the axis of rotation. Thus the liquid to be evaporated in the presently-described evaporator is conveniently fed to the plates at a point adjacent to their axis of rotation, for example to the center of the plates when the latter are annular. The vapor generated Jay be withdrawn at a point adjacent to the radially inner edge of the plates while any liquid remaining unvaporised, for example a more concentrated solution than that fed to the evaporator, may be withdrawn from a point or points adjacent to the outer edge of the plates.
The condensable vapor, on the other hand, is conveniently fed to the outer edge of the plates so that, as it passes under pressure in a direction 93~
generally towards the axis of rotation, it flows counter-current to the liquid formed as it condenses, which latter may be collected at the outer edge of the plates.
The material of which the plates are constructed should have good thermal conductivity and should be such that each plate can withstand the stress generated during operation of the evaporator. Preferably also the material is substantially resistant to attack by or reaction with the materials with which it comes into contact in use. With these considerations in mind suitable materials include steel, aluminum, copper, nickel and titanium.
The plates, in operation, are rotated at speed as to subject any liquid thereon to a mean acceleration, measured in a radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation, greater than the auxiliary ion due to gravity, 'g'. The particular value selected depends upon such considerations as the size of the plates, the heat flow there through and the desired capacity of the evaporator intermezzo both of total liquid throughput and of quantity of liquid to be evaporated. In general, the acceleration may lie within the range from 5 to 1000 g, especially from 50 to 750 g and more preferably from 100 to 600 g.
The invention will be further described by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:-Figure 1 illustrates, in schematic axial section, an evaporator according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a part sectional view along the line A-A of Figure l;
Figure 3 is a part sectional view along the line B-B of Figure l;
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Figure 4 is an enlarged part sectional view along the line C-C of Figure 2, Figures S and 6 illustrate in enlarged plan view the spacers 11 and 12 respectively of Figures 2 to 4: and Figures 7 and 8 illustrate in enlarged section two forms of plate which may be incorporated in an evaporator according to the present invention.
Referring firstly to Figures 1 to 6 of the drawings, a rotor 1, mounted on a shaft 2 by means of which it is rotated in a housing 3, is formed from a plurality of annular plates 4 mounted on a cylindrical member 5. The member 5 is provided with ports 6 and the annular plates 4 are formed with a plurality of orifices 7, e.g. each plate 4 has six orifices disposed uniformly adjacent the outer perimeter thereof.
Alternate spaces between the annular plates 4 are sealed at their outer perimeter by rims 8 to form sealed spaces 9, which are in fluid flow connection with the ports 6, and open spaces 10.
Circular washers 11 and C-washers 12 are mounted in orifices 7 to form a set of, for example six, manifolds which join the spaces 9. A liquid feed pipe 13, provided at its lower end with orifices 14, projects into the center of the rotor and is, in part, surrounded by a vapor discharge pipe 15. The housing 3 is provided with ports 16 and 17 for the entry and exit respectively of a condensable vapor. Gas-tight seals 18 allow rotation of the rotor 1 and shaft 2 within the housing 3. A stationary scoop 19, leading to a liquid discharge pipe 20 is disposed between the top two plates 4.
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In operation, the rotor is rotated, a liquid to be vaporized, for example an aqueous solution of caustic soda, is fed via feed-pipe 13 and orifices 14 to impinge on the inner surface of the member 5 and moves outwards through the ports 6 into the spaces 9 where it flows under the centrifugal effect arising from rotation of the rotor, across one surface of each of the plates 4. A condensable vapor is fed into the housing through port 16 and enters the spaces 10. The vapor loses a portion of its heat, condenses to form a film which moves rapidly outwards under centrifugal force through the open spaces 10 as a thin film on one surface of each of the plates 4, and is then removed via the port 17. The heat lost by the condensable vapor vaporizes a portion of the liquid in spaces 9 and the vapor so produced is discharged from the apparatus via the ports 6 and pipe 15. The concentrated solution in the spaces 9 is discharged via orifices 7 and is forced, by the pressure generated by the dynamic head of the liquid, through the stationary scoop 19 and discharge tube 20.
The plate 21 illustrated in Figure 1 is one example of a plate suitable for use in the above described evaporator. The surface 22 of plate 21 is the surface upon which the condensable vapor condenses and in the illustrated embodiment it is flat but has a very thin film of polytetrafluoroethylene thereon. Liquid condensed on surface 22 rapidly gathers into drops, which are quickly flung from the surface by centrifugal force. The opposite surface 23 of plate 21 has a close-packed succession of channels, which may be in the form of concentric circles or successive turns of a spiral. Each of the charnels has a more gently , I, 93~
-Lo-sloped side aye nearer to the axis of rotation and a more steeply sloped side 23b nearer to the outer edge of the plate 22. The whole of surface 23 is roughened on a fine scale by sand-blasting. On rotation of plate 21, the liquid to be vaporized flows in an outward direction over surface 23 (that is, left to right as illustrated). A continuous film of liquid is maintained but within that film, a good mixing is achieved at the point where liquid on slope aye encounters the foot of slope 23b - as indicated by the curved arrows in Figure 7. The peak of each slope 23b, that is where liquid climbing that slope encounters the start of slope aye, is rounded to assist retention of the film on the surface.
The plate 24 illustrated in Figure 8 has been shaped by stamping and is corrugated. The profile of the corrugations is such that the surface 26 over which flows the liquid to be evaporated is similar to the surface 23 of Figure 7, that is it is shaped to maintain a continuous liquid film, while encouraging mixing within the film as indicated. The surface 26 has been sand-blasted. The other surface 25 of plate 24 has the complementary profile to surface 26 and has been coated with polytetrafluoroethylene. This combination of profile and coating ensures that any film of liquid on surface 25 is quickly disrupted and that the liquid is rapidly thrown from the plate.
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The present invention is an improved evaporator, more specifically a centrifugal apparatus for this purpose.
Within manufacturing industry it is frequently desired to convert a liquid into vapor form. For example a liquid feed stock may be required to enter a reaction in the vapor phase, or liquid components of a mixture may be separated or purified by distillation;
or a solution may be concentrated by removing a proportion of the solvent by evaporation therefrom. For these diverse purposes, a range of equipment has been developed over many years. Most of such equipment is of a stationary type but more recently, for some applications, rotary evaporators of different types have been proposed or used.
Thus an article by K C D Hickman et at in "Advances in Chemistry Series" No. 27, pages 128-46 (1960) described the so-called "Hickman Still", which was designed and operated to study its possible use for the distillation of brackish and saline waters. The inferior yield achieved by that apparatus as compared with that theoretically achievable was attributed by the authors to a number of possible factors.
Another rotary device is the so-called Centric Therm ultra-short~time evaporator, which has been offered by the firm Alfa-Laval for the treatment of heat-sensitive liquids. In that evaporator, the heat transfer is from steam across the thickness of conical discs in a nested stack. Jo 1~393~) Our object in devising the present invention has been to produce a rotary evaporator suitable for a wide range of applications and having a high rate of heat transfer.
According to the present invention, there is provided an evaporator which comprises a plurality of substantially parallel plates mounted for rotation about a common axis and in which provision is made for a condensable vapor to flow across a first face of lo each of said plates and for a liquid, at least a portion of which is to be evaporated, to flow across the second face of each of said plates, which plates are arranged to be rotatable at such a rotary speed as to subject any liquid thereon to a mean acceleration, measured in a radial direction with respect to said axis of rotation, greater than the acceleration due to gravity, said first face of each of said plates has a surface designed to discourage the formation of a continuous liquid film thereon.
Mean acceleration is defined by the equation:
am = ( I _ ) ( 2 US where is the rotational speed of the plates about the said axis in revolutions per minute, and Al is the distance in metros from the axis of rotation to the radially outer portion of the plates.
The evaporator of our invention may be used in general in any situation where it is desired to convert a liquid into its vapor. Thus it may be used, for 123934~
example, as a rotary still or purifying a liquid product, for example saline or brackish water. The evaporator is of particular value for concentrating a solution by removing a portion of the solvent. Such solution may be a liquid dissolved in a liquid solvent, provided that the solvent is more volatile than the solute. More usually, however, the solution will be of a solid solute. Thus in one particular application, the evaporator of the present invention may be used for concentrating brine, for example so-called "depleted"
brine from electrolytic cells used in the production of chlorine in another, it may be employed to concentrate aqueous caustic soda solutions from membrane cells.
The condensable vapor which flows across the first face of each of the plates of the evaporator and by means of which heat is introduced to the system may with advantage be steam. Alternatively it may be the vapor form of one of the commercially available or appropriate compounds or mixtures of compounds specifically offered as heat transfer fluids. Thus it may be one of the refrigerants of the sheller-fluorohydrocarbon range, especially the Of to C2 compounds from that range. These include Refrigerant 22, which is chlorodifluoromethane, Refrigerant 12 tdichlorodifluoromethane), Refrigerant 115 (chloropentafluoroethane) and Refrigerant 114 (dichlorotetrafluoroethane) and those refrigerants which are azeotropic mixtures of such compound.
As already indicated, the first face of the plates which are a feature of the evaporator according to the present invention, thaw is the face over which - the condensable vapor flows has a surface designed to discourage the formation of a continuous liquid film .
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thereon. Preferably the first face of the plates is treated such that (a) condensation of the condonable vapor thereon occurs in a drops fashion and (b) its nettability is reduced such that formation of any continuous, stable liquid film is discouraged. Such treatments include provision of a coating of inter aria a suitable silicone or polytetrafluoroethylene on the surface.
Alternatively, in order to disrupt any liquid film which otherwise would be formed, the surface of said first face of the plates may have protrusions from said surface, indentations in said surface or the plate may be corrugated. These features designed to disrupt the film, where they are present, are preferably disposed generally transversely to the radial flow of any liquid across the plate surface. More preferably, they are disposed in one or more circles which are concentric with the axis of rotation of the plates or in a continuous spiral configuration about said axis.
Thus in one form/ where the surface features are one or more channels in the plate surface, it is preferred that they are continuous channels disposed concentrically about said axis of rotation or a continuous spiral channel about that axis a center.
When these features, for example corrugations, protrusions or indentations, are disposed in concentric circles or a spiral configuration, the circles or successive laps of the spiral are preferably spaced at a density, measured in a radial direction, of between 50 and 1,000 per moire, preferably more than about 100 per moire. Thus the pitch of the pattern of these surface features, that is the distance between repeated features of the pattern, is preferably between 1 mm and I
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20 mums, more preferably less than about lo mums. When the surface features are channels, the depth of each channel is preferably between 0.05 and 5 mums, especially between 0.2 and 5 mums and more especially between 0.5 and 2.5 mums. Very shallow channels, for example of the order of 0.05 to 0.25 mm, may if desired be formed by etching the plate surface.
We do not exclude the possibility that in addition to modifying the profile of the plate surface, lo the plate surface coming into contact with the condensable vapor may be treated to reduce its nettability.
The second face of the plates, that is the face over which flows the liquid of which at least a proportion is to be evaporated, may advantageously be treated so as to assist the retention of a continuous film of liquid thereon. Such treatment, which may be chemical, e.g. etching, or physical, e.g. sand-blasting, will in general be aimed at giving the surface an overall fine roughness.
The thickness of the plates employed in the device according to the present invention is generally between 0.5 and 5 mums, depending upon the material of construction, the specific evaporation to be carried out and the form of surface features chosen. Nile the thickness of the plate may vary - and obviously will vary with some forms of surface features - in general when referring to plate thickness we refer to the plate thickness as it would be without those features. The plate thickness is preferably between 0.25 and 1.5 mums, especially between 0.5 and lo mm.
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The outer diameter of the plates used in the evaporator of the present invention is typically in the range 10 cm to 5 metros and is preferably between about 50 cm and 100 cm and where the plates are in the form of an annuls the inner diameter thereof is typically in the range 5 cm to 1 moire.
The plurality of plates in the evaporator of the present invention are mounted substantially parallel to each other along the common axis about which they are able to rotate and are closely adjacent to one another to form narrow passages. Preferably the mean axial depth of the passages between adjacent plates is less than about 50 mums and more preferably is between Owe mm and 5 mm. Where the axial depth of a passage varies along the radial length thereof, for example both of the two opposing surfaces which define the passage have peaks and troughs, the troughs of the first of the said surface being aligned with the troughs of the second of the said surface and the peaks of the first surface I being aligned with the peaks of the second surface, the narrowest gap is often about 2 mm and the largest gap is often about 8 mm.
It is indeed often preferred that the surfaces of adjacent plates, where those surfaces are both contoured, are so aligned that protrusions on one surface are aligned with protrusions on the other. In this way, a fresh spray of the liquid wormed by condensation of the condensable vapor can be continuously formed since as the liquid flows through the passageway between two plates, the opposed surfaces of which have a multiplicity of contours, it is ejected from a protruding contour on one plate and deposited on a contour on the opposed surface of the adjacent plate, ~3~g34~
, from a protruding contour of which it is rapidly ejected. This ejection alternates between the protruding contours of the two opposed surfaces as the liquid flows along the passageway there between and in this way the transfer of heat via the plates to the liquid to be vaporized is enhanced.
In a useful modification of this last-described arrangement, linear protrusions- on one surface are arranged to cross similar protrusions on the other surface at a shallow angle and the protrusions on these adjacent surf aces are in contact with each other at the points of crossing. In this way, an element of additional support is imparted to the structure as a whole and as a result it is possible to use thinner plates, thereby further improving the transfer of heat across each plate.
In general, when a plate bearing liquid upon its surface is rotated, the centrifugal effect tends to move that liquid in a direction generally away from the axis of rotation. Thus the liquid to be evaporated in the presently-described evaporator is conveniently fed to the plates at a point adjacent to their axis of rotation, for example to the center of the plates when the latter are annular. The vapor generated Jay be withdrawn at a point adjacent to the radially inner edge of the plates while any liquid remaining unvaporised, for example a more concentrated solution than that fed to the evaporator, may be withdrawn from a point or points adjacent to the outer edge of the plates.
The condensable vapor, on the other hand, is conveniently fed to the outer edge of the plates so that, as it passes under pressure in a direction 93~
generally towards the axis of rotation, it flows counter-current to the liquid formed as it condenses, which latter may be collected at the outer edge of the plates.
The material of which the plates are constructed should have good thermal conductivity and should be such that each plate can withstand the stress generated during operation of the evaporator. Preferably also the material is substantially resistant to attack by or reaction with the materials with which it comes into contact in use. With these considerations in mind suitable materials include steel, aluminum, copper, nickel and titanium.
The plates, in operation, are rotated at speed as to subject any liquid thereon to a mean acceleration, measured in a radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation, greater than the auxiliary ion due to gravity, 'g'. The particular value selected depends upon such considerations as the size of the plates, the heat flow there through and the desired capacity of the evaporator intermezzo both of total liquid throughput and of quantity of liquid to be evaporated. In general, the acceleration may lie within the range from 5 to 1000 g, especially from 50 to 750 g and more preferably from 100 to 600 g.
The invention will be further described by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:-Figure 1 illustrates, in schematic axial section, an evaporator according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a part sectional view along the line A-A of Figure l;
Figure 3 is a part sectional view along the line B-B of Figure l;
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Figure 4 is an enlarged part sectional view along the line C-C of Figure 2, Figures S and 6 illustrate in enlarged plan view the spacers 11 and 12 respectively of Figures 2 to 4: and Figures 7 and 8 illustrate in enlarged section two forms of plate which may be incorporated in an evaporator according to the present invention.
Referring firstly to Figures 1 to 6 of the drawings, a rotor 1, mounted on a shaft 2 by means of which it is rotated in a housing 3, is formed from a plurality of annular plates 4 mounted on a cylindrical member 5. The member 5 is provided with ports 6 and the annular plates 4 are formed with a plurality of orifices 7, e.g. each plate 4 has six orifices disposed uniformly adjacent the outer perimeter thereof.
Alternate spaces between the annular plates 4 are sealed at their outer perimeter by rims 8 to form sealed spaces 9, which are in fluid flow connection with the ports 6, and open spaces 10.
Circular washers 11 and C-washers 12 are mounted in orifices 7 to form a set of, for example six, manifolds which join the spaces 9. A liquid feed pipe 13, provided at its lower end with orifices 14, projects into the center of the rotor and is, in part, surrounded by a vapor discharge pipe 15. The housing 3 is provided with ports 16 and 17 for the entry and exit respectively of a condensable vapor. Gas-tight seals 18 allow rotation of the rotor 1 and shaft 2 within the housing 3. A stationary scoop 19, leading to a liquid discharge pipe 20 is disposed between the top two plates 4.
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In operation, the rotor is rotated, a liquid to be vaporized, for example an aqueous solution of caustic soda, is fed via feed-pipe 13 and orifices 14 to impinge on the inner surface of the member 5 and moves outwards through the ports 6 into the spaces 9 where it flows under the centrifugal effect arising from rotation of the rotor, across one surface of each of the plates 4. A condensable vapor is fed into the housing through port 16 and enters the spaces 10. The vapor loses a portion of its heat, condenses to form a film which moves rapidly outwards under centrifugal force through the open spaces 10 as a thin film on one surface of each of the plates 4, and is then removed via the port 17. The heat lost by the condensable vapor vaporizes a portion of the liquid in spaces 9 and the vapor so produced is discharged from the apparatus via the ports 6 and pipe 15. The concentrated solution in the spaces 9 is discharged via orifices 7 and is forced, by the pressure generated by the dynamic head of the liquid, through the stationary scoop 19 and discharge tube 20.
The plate 21 illustrated in Figure 1 is one example of a plate suitable for use in the above described evaporator. The surface 22 of plate 21 is the surface upon which the condensable vapor condenses and in the illustrated embodiment it is flat but has a very thin film of polytetrafluoroethylene thereon. Liquid condensed on surface 22 rapidly gathers into drops, which are quickly flung from the surface by centrifugal force. The opposite surface 23 of plate 21 has a close-packed succession of channels, which may be in the form of concentric circles or successive turns of a spiral. Each of the charnels has a more gently , I, 93~
-Lo-sloped side aye nearer to the axis of rotation and a more steeply sloped side 23b nearer to the outer edge of the plate 22. The whole of surface 23 is roughened on a fine scale by sand-blasting. On rotation of plate 21, the liquid to be vaporized flows in an outward direction over surface 23 (that is, left to right as illustrated). A continuous film of liquid is maintained but within that film, a good mixing is achieved at the point where liquid on slope aye encounters the foot of slope 23b - as indicated by the curved arrows in Figure 7. The peak of each slope 23b, that is where liquid climbing that slope encounters the start of slope aye, is rounded to assist retention of the film on the surface.
The plate 24 illustrated in Figure 8 has been shaped by stamping and is corrugated. The profile of the corrugations is such that the surface 26 over which flows the liquid to be evaporated is similar to the surface 23 of Figure 7, that is it is shaped to maintain a continuous liquid film, while encouraging mixing within the film as indicated. The surface 26 has been sand-blasted. The other surface 25 of plate 24 has the complementary profile to surface 26 and has been coated with polytetrafluoroethylene. This combination of profile and coating ensures that any film of liquid on surface 25 is quickly disrupted and that the liquid is rapidly thrown from the plate.
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1. An evaporator which comprises a plurality of substantially parallel plates mounted for rotation about a common axis and in which provision is made for a condensible vapour to flow across a first face of each of said plates and for a liquid, at least a portion of which is to be evaporated, to flow across the second face of each of said plates, which plates are arranged to be rotatable at such a rotary speed as to subject any liquid thereon to a mean acceleration, measured in a radial direction with respect to said axis of rotation, greater than the acceleration due to gravity, characterised in that (a) said first face of each of said plates has a surface designed to discourage formation of a continuous liquid film thereon and (b) said liquid is fed to each plate adjacent its axis of rotation.
2. An evaporator as claimed in Claim 1 in which the first face of each of the plates is treated such that condensation of the condensable vapour thereon occurs in a dropwise fashion.
3. An evaporator as claimed in Claim 1 in which the first face of the plates is provided with a coating of polytetrafluoroethylene.
4. An evaporator as claimed in Claim 1 in which the second face of each of the plates is adapted so as to assist the retention of a continuous film of liquid thereon.
5. An evaporator as claimed in Claim 1 in which the condensible vapour is steam or a heat transfer fluid.
6. Use of an evaporator as claimed in Claim 1 for concentrating a solution by evaporation of a portion of the solvent.
7. Use of the evaporator claimed in Claim 1 for concentrating depleted brine or aqueous caustic soda solutions.
8. Use of the evaporator as claimed in Claim 1 such that the plates are rotated at a speed such as to subject any liquid thereon to a mean acceleration of between 50 and 750 times the acceleration due to gravity.
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