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VAPOR LINE
STRAINER
TOWER
WATER
RETURN PARTIAL
HOT
CNDNSR
TOWER
WATER
SUPPLY VAPOR/LIQUID
SEPARATOR
STEAM
SUPPLY
CHILLED HOT EVAPORATOR/
WATER CNDNSR STRIPPER™
RCVR
RETURN FEED
COLD PRE-
CNDNSR HEATER
CHILLED THERMOSYPHON
WATER STEAM
SUPPLY GENERATOR
CONDENSATE
VENT PACKED
COLUMN
COLD
CNDNSR CONDENSATE
RCVR
SLURRY
FEED
PRODUCT SLURRY
DISCHARGE
DISTILLATE VAPOR LINE
STRAINER MAKE UP
WATER
DRAIN
Table of Contents
4 Concentrating Carbohydrates
5 Recovering Glycerin
11 Dehydrating Gelatin
vacuum
water
weak Concentrated
liquor Tea
Concentrating Beverages
Problem: Concentrating coffee, tea, and other solids containing
liquids pose severe operating challenges to the coffee, and beverage
industry. Typically, conventional technologies, such as multiple effect,
falling film, or forced circulation evaporators are used to accomplish
this task, with mixed results depending on the particular application,
and the degree of solids concentration. These problems generally stem
from the heat and shear sensitivity, to foaming, and fouling
characteristics of these materials.
Examples:
● Concentrating coffee to greater than 80% solids, in a single step,
achieving a consistent high quality concentrate.
● Concentrating caffeine from a wet solvent rich solution to a dry
powder, with less than 100 PPM residual solvent in a single step.
● Concentrating tea from a dilute solution to greater than 50% solids
in a single pass, without product degradation.
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Concentrating Carbohydrates
vacuum
acetic acid
dimethyl formamide
Dilute Concentrated
Carbohydrate Carbohydrate
5
Recovering Glycerin
Problem: Recovering glycerin and other heat sensitive, solids
containing valuable food additives can not be effectively accomplished
using conventional evaporation techniques.
Solution: Use an Artisan Rototherm® mechanically agitated thin
film processor to continuously evaporate and distill glycerin and other
heat sensitive solids containing products, without color formation, while
achieving greater than 95% yield. Owing to its extremely short
residence time, narrow residence time distribution, rapid surface
renewal, and high heat transfer rates, product degradation is minimized,
while purity and yield are maximized.
Example:
● Recovering high purity glycerin from a vegetable oil, containing
20% glycerin and 2% sodium salts. Glycerin is distilled overhead,
leaving a residue stream containing the oil, along with the salt.
cw cw
vacuum
recovered
Enriching glycerin
Column
crude residue
glycerin
water
vacuum
lite fraction
Continuous Concentrator
REBOILED
VAPOR
VAPOR
BODY
COLUMN
BOTTOMS
ROTOTHERM
STRIPPED VISCOUS
CONDENSATE RESIDUE
CONDENSATE
Dehydrating Gelatin
VAPOR VAPOR
LIQUID
30% SOLIDS
DILUTE FEED 12% 24%
3% SOLIDS SOLIDS SOLIDS
3RD
STAGE
CONCENTRATED
GELATIN
45% SOLIDS
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Barometric
Condenser
Section
1st Stage
Flash
Chamber
ALTERNATE
CHILLED
WATER
INLETS
2nd Stage
Flash
Chamber
3rd Stage
Flash
Chamber
Atmospheric
Hotwell
Section
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Managing Solvents in
Chromatographic Separations
Artisan
Extract Rototherm®
Make-up
SMB
Concentrated
Unit Product A
Feed Artisan
A&B Raffinate Rototherm®
Concentrated
Product B
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The Evaporator/Stripper™ as a
Rectifying Column
HIGH EFFECIENCY
PACKING
LIQUID
STEAM
STEAM
CONDENSATE
CONDENSATE
FEED
STRIPPED PRODUCT
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WATER VAPOR
CWR
VAPOR/LIQUID DEMISTER
STEAM VAPOR
SEPARATOR
LIQUID
CONDENSER PRE-HEATER
ROTOTHERM® E
CWS 120 TORR HOT WATER
50% COFFEE
70% EXTRACT COND EXTRACT
TO DRYER
WATER
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ENTRAINMENT
SEPARATOR
VAPOR
STEAM VAPOR
BODY
LIQUID CWR
PRE-
EVAPORATOR
ARTISAN CONDENSER
EVAPORATOR/
STRIPPER
COND
CWS
STEAM
or N2
ACCUMULATOR
STRIPPED SOLVENT
PRODUCT
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Examples:
● Steam strip hexane from vegetable oil containing Lecithin from
80% to 2 PPM without product degradation.
● Remove Methyl Ester from crude Coconut oil from 50% to less
than 1%.
● Dehydrate crude Vanillin from 20% to less than 50 PPM.
● Remove hexane from Marigold oleoresin from 10% to 25 PPM
● Strip cholesterol to less than 100 PPM from butter fat and lard.
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CWR
VAPOR/LIQUID DEMISTER
VAPOR
STEAM SEPARATOR
LIQUID STEAM
CONDENSER ROTOTHERM® E
RISING FILM
PRE-EVAPORATOR
CWS
COND
CONCENTRATED/DRY
PRODUCT
COND
SOLVENT/WATER FEED
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Examples:
ENTRAINMENT
SEPARATOR
VAPOR
STEAM
LIQUID CWR
PRE-HEATER
ARTISAN
EVAPORATOR/STRIPPER™ CONDENSER
COND CWS
STEAM
or N2
ACCUMULATOR
CWR
ODOR
COMPOUNDS
CWS
DEODORIZED
FEED OIL
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EXTRACTION
COLUMN
DEHYDRATION DECANTER
COLUMN
STRIPPING
COLUMN
Ethyl
Acetate
Purified
Acetic Acid
Product
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VAPOR
HOT CHILLED
VAPOR/LIQUID
CONDENSER CONDENSER
SEPARATOR
STEAM
SLURRY REFLUX
TWR CHWR
ARTISAN
PRE-HEATER EVAPORATOR/
STRIPPER™
DISC AND
TUBE TRAYS
STRIPPING
STEAM RECOVERED
AROMA
SLURRY
PACKED
RECTIFYING COLUMN
FEED
SLURRY
DISCHARGE
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Aroma Recovery
Problem: Recovering valuable flavors and aromas from beverages
is typically accomplished by steam stripping under vacuum to preserve
the volatile flavors. For most applications, such as in coffee or tea
processing, it is more desirable to recover the flavor/aroma compounds
directly from the raw material (slurry) as opposed to the extract
(liquid). This will dramatically improve the yield and enables
substitution of expensive flavor additives from processors own material.
Feature Benefit
• No moving parts No maintenance
• Low residence time No product degradation
• Multi-staged Superior mass transfer
• Low gas/liquid ratio Saves stripping steam
• Low pressure drop Low pressure/temperature
• Ease of operation Minimal supervision
• Easy to clean CIP/aseptic processing
NaOH
SPARGE
HOR STEAM
PRE-HEATER
HOR CWR
HOS
CONDENSER
ARTISAN ROTOTHERM®
CWS
HOR VENT
PRE-HEATER HOS
HOS
RECEIVER WATER
ISOSTEARIC UNSAPS
ACID
CONCENTRATED
SOAP PRODUCT
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Examples:
CWR CWS
RECTIFYING
COLUMN
CWR
STEAM
STEAM
CONDENSER ROTOTHERM® E
PRE-HEATER
CWS
COND
CONCENTRATED
HIGH VALUE
PRODUCT
COND
SOLVENT FEED
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Examples:
COOLING MEDIA
CHW
COOLING MEDIA
VACUUM
VENT
CONDENSER
INTERNAL
CONDENSER
PACKED
RECTIFICATION COLUMN SECTION
CHW
ROTOTHERM REBOILER
HOT OIL
ROTOTHERM BOTTOMS
ACCUMULATOR