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Thin-layer evaporator for high-viscosity, fluids
Assignee: Montedipe SpA
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Filing: 1989-10-19
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Granted: 1991-01-01
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Expires: 2009-10-19
Abstract
Abstract A thin-layer evaporator particularly suited for treating high-viscosity fluids, including a treating chamber surrounded by a heating or cooling shell, and a rotor equipped with feed and thrust elements. The feed and thrust elements include at least two axial, equidistant and staggered rows of blade members having the same pitch and sloping with respect both to the rotor axis and to the axial plane passing through their connection line; each member being offset, with respect to the members of the adjacent rows, by a space equal to the half pitch of the member.
Inventors
- 👤 Mauro Loconsolo
- 👤 Claudio Buonerba
- 👤 Antonio Fucile
- 👤 Francesco Ferrari
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D1/00; B01D1/22; B01D1/222; B01D1/223; B01D1/225; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S159/00; Y10S159/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
152 words
In a thin-layer evaporator for high-viscosity fluids comprising a treating chamber surrounded by a heating or cooling shell, and a rotor arranged inside said chamber and coaxial with it, said rotor comprising blade members which are sloping by the same angle with respect to the rotor axis and are arranged in at least two axial, equidistant and staggered rows, said blade members having the same pitch, the improvement wherein each blade member is sloping with respect to the axial plane passing through its connection line by an angle beta ranging from 5° to 90° and wherein the blade members of each row, viewed in the axial direction, are offset, with respect to the nearest blade member of the adjacent row, by a space equal to the half pitch of the blade members whereby evaporation of high-viscosity fluid is achieved without use of auxiliary spreading means and without thermal degradation to the fluid
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
152 words
In a thin-layer evaporator for high-viscosity fluids comprising a treating chamber surrounded by a heating or cooling shell, and a rotor arranged inside said chamber and coaxial with it, said rotor comprising blade members which are sloping by the same angle with respect to the rotor axis and are arranged in at least two axial, equidistant and staggered rows, said blade members having the same pitch, the improvement wherein each blade member is sloping with respect to the axial plane passing through its connection line by an angle beta ranging from 5° to 90° and wherein the blade members of each row, viewed in the axial direction, are offset, with respect to the nearest blade member of the adjacent row, by a space equal to the half pitch of the blade members whereby evaporation of high-viscosity fluid is achieved without use of auxiliary spreading means and without thermal degradation to the fluid
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The thin-layer evaporator according to claim 1, wherein the angle beta by which each blade member is sloping, with respect to the axial plane passing through its connection line varies along its height.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The thin-layer evaporator according to claim 1, wherein the blade members are sloping by an angle ranging from 10° to 75° with respect to the rotor axis.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
The thin-layer evaporator according to claim 1, wherein the angle of the blade members with respect to the axial plane is variable along the free edge of each member, and its value, from a feeding area to a discharge area of each blade member is decreasing in the upper half and increasing in the lower half of each member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The thin-layer evaporator according to claim 1, wherein the pitch of the blade members is equal to half the height of the projection of a blade member on the axis of rotation.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
51 words
The thin-layer evaporator according to claim 1, wherein the rotor further comprises a central shaft, which is rotatably mounted, in the upper portion, on an evaporator cover and, in the lower portion, on an inner wall of the treatment chamber by means of a centering sleeve and a guiding sliding block.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
57 words
The thin-layer evaporator according to claim 6, wherein the guiding sliding block further comprises, on its outer peripheral surface, at least four blade members having the same shape and the same slopings as the blade members of the rotor and a sliding surface at least double as compared with that of each blade member of the rotor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The thin-layer evaporator according to claim 1, wherein the blade members are sloping by an angle beta ranging from 10° to 60° with respect to the axial plane passing through their connection line.
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