EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION

(1) Thermal recompression unit (2) Steam for heating (3) Feed in (4) Calandria (5) Feed
out (6) Vapor Separator (7) Pre-heater (8) Condenser (9) Cooling water in (10) Cooling
water return

THERMAL RECOMPRESSION UNIT

Uses a sonic nozzle jet and high pressure steam to recompress a lower pressure
steam/vapour.

 In the live steam nozzle (1) the pressure of the in-flowing steam is converted into
velocity. A jet is created which draws in the low pressure vapour.
In the diffuser (2) a fast flowing mixture of live steam and vapours is formed, the speed
of which is converted into pressure (temperature increase) by deceleration.

CALANDRIA EVAPORATOR

The Calandria Evaporator has a heat exchanger (with tubes usually less than six feet
long) integral with the vapour body.
The level is maintained in the upper portion of the tubes and the circulation pattern is up
through the tubes and down through a central pipe called a "downcomer".
Circulation is created by the difference in specific gravity between the body liquor and
the heated liquor and vapor generated inside the tubes, plus a vapour lift effect.

VAPOUR-LIQUID SEPARATOR
Gravity causes the liquid to settle to the bottom of the vessel. The vapour travels upward
at a design velocity which minimizes the entrainment of any liquid droplets in the vapour as it
exits the top of the vessel.

PRE-HEATER
Pre-heater is a device for preliminary heating of a material, substance, or fluid that will
undergo further use or treatment by heating.

CONDENSER
It is an apparatus in which vapour is condensed within tubes that are cooled by the
evaporation of water flowing over the outside of the tubes.