Rotary film apparatus

Claim 1

A rotary film heat exchange apparatus comprising: a rotatably mounted substantially vertically extending shaft; at least one hollow drum coaxially fixed to and rotatable with said shaft, said hollow drum being defined by a substantially cylindrical corrugated wall having fluid discharge apertures formed therein; a hollow vertically extending body coaxially surrounding said shaft and associated hollow drum, said hollow body having a heat exchange surface defined by a plurality of coaxially aligned vertically adjacent truncated ones, each of said truncated cones having opposed first reduced diameter and second enlarged diameter base regions, alternate pairs of said truncated cones being conjugated at respective first and second base regions; a jacket surrounding said hollow body and defining therewith a space in which a heat carrier is adapted to circulate along a path; and horizontal rings circumferentially enveloping said body in the area of conjugation of said second enlarged base regions of the cones, said rings having openings in each of them, and along the path of movement of the heat carrier a vertical partition is mounted in front of each said opening consecutively offset relative to another whereby the heat carrier flows upwards in the space of said jacket performing a circular progressive motion and fluid to be treated is introduced into the interior of said drum and, upon rotation of said shaft, is thrown therefrom through said apertures onto said heat exchange surface defined by said truncated cones.