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US3921709A
US3921709A US433613A US43361374A US3921709A US 3921709 A US3921709 A US 3921709A US 433613 A US433613 A US 433613A US 43361374 A US43361374 A US 43361374A US 3921709 A US3921709 A US 3921709A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D11/00—Heat-exchange apparatus employing moving conduits
    • F28D11/02—Heat-exchange apparatus employing moving conduits the movement being rotary, e.g. performed by a drum or roller
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    • B01D1/22—Evaporating by bringing a thin layer of the liquid into contact with a heated surface
    • B01D1/222—In rotating vessels; vessels with movable parts
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S165/139—Fully rotatable
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  • This invention relates to an apparatus of the same type, that is. an apparatus which has a hollow rotor body which is heatable by means of a vaporous or liquid heat carrier and which is mounted for rotation in a vacuum-tight casing, the liquid to be heat-treated being distributed and flowing as'a thin cohesive layer on the inner rotation-symmetrical surface of said rotor body, and the apparatus comprises a drive for the rotor body, inlet and outlet means for the heat carrier, and inlet and outlet means for the liquid subjected to the heat treatment.
  • One of the objects of the invention is to improve the prior-art apparatuses and to permit as rapid and effective a heat treatment of the liquids as possible with the use of an apparatus which is of simple design, reliable in operation and allows an intense heating through liquid or vaporous heat carriers and besides a rapid cleaning and exact control of the course of the heat treatment.
  • Another and essential object of the invention is to permit keeping the heat carrier at a higher temperature of up to and above 250C, since the prior-art apparatuses allow only temperatures of up to about 125C and therefore are not suitable for every type of heat treatment of liquids, such as the distillation of fatty acids and fractions of phenol where temperatures of about 200C are required.
  • the apparatus according to the invention comprises the features that the rotor body is formed substantially as a frusto-conical member and has a central supporting hub which supports the rotor body and is connected to a frustoconical supporting partition in the rotor body, said partition being at its outer edge directly or indirectly connected, on the one hand, to a frusto-conical inner wall, the inner side of which constitutes said inner rotationsymmetrical heat exchanging surface in the rotor body and which at its inner edge is connected in a vaporand liquid-tight manner to the central supporting hub, and, on the other hand, to a frusto-conical outer wall, the inner edge of which is directly or indirectly connected in a rotary and liquidand gas-tight manner to the vacuum-tight casing, gaps being formed between, respectively, the inner walls and the partitions and the partitions and the outer walls in the rotor body to permit -flow of the heat carrier therethrough, said gaps being interconnected at least at their outer ends and that gap which adjoin
  • FIG. 1 shows an axial section of a distillation apparatus
  • FIG. 2 shows an axial section of another embodiment of the apparatus, which is suited for concentration, distillation, separation, deodorization etc.
  • the apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1 has a vacuumtight casing l with one or more inspection openings 2 in the form of doors or windows, and a connecting head 3 for purposes indicated more in detail in the following.
  • a rotor body 4 is mounted for rotation in the casing 1.
  • This rotor body is mainly formed as a frusto-conical member and has a central supporting hub 5 which is mounted on a shaft 6 which extends from below into the vacuum-tight casing l.
  • the shaft 6 is driven by a drive or motor 7 via a coupling housing 8 and passes through a bearing housing 9 and sealing device 10.
  • the rotor body 4 itself has a frusto-conical supporting partition 11 which at its narrow end, that is, its inner end, is rigidly connected to or integral with the hub 5.
  • a likewise frusto-conical inner wall 12 is provided inside the partition 11 and the inner side of said frusto-conical inner wall 12 constitutes a rotation symmetrical heatexchanging surface.
  • the inner wall 12 is spaced a short distance from the partition 11 so that an inner narrow gap 13 is formed.
  • At its inner side the inner wall 12 is connected to the hub 5 via a dilatation means 14 in the form of a fold which permits movements due to length expansion phenomena during the operation of the apparatus.
  • An outer wall 15 is arranged on the other side of the partition 11 at a slightly greater distance therefrom in order that an outer wider gap 16 shall be formed between them.
  • the partition 11, the inner wall 12 and the outer wall 15 are interconnected at their outer ends by means of an outer ring 17.
  • the outer wall 15 is also of frusto-conical shape and has its upper end rotatably connected to the casing l by means of a vaporand liquid-tight slide ring seal 18.
  • a great advantage of so designing the rotor with a supporting partition 11 is that the inner wall 12 can be made very thin and, consequently, is particularly suited for heat transmission purposes.
  • flow-agitating or flowconducting means can be arranged in the gap 13 to provide or intensify a turbulent flow in said inner gap 13.
  • Said means can be, for instance, a conically and helically wound wire coil the convolutions of which define between them a flow channel starting at the channels 21 and terminating at the outlets 24.
  • said means may be vanes or like elements.
  • the connecting head 3 has a stationary inner flow conduit 19 for a heat vehicle, which is connected to the channels 20 of the supporting hub 5 through which channels the heat carrier is to flow and which are connected to the inner gap 13 of the rotor body.
  • the flow conduit 19 is sealed with respect to the supporting hub with the aid of a suitable seal, in the present instance a labyrinth seal 21, which is formed between an upstanding annular surface 22 of the hub 5 and a widened main portion 23 at the lower end of the inner flow conduit 19.
  • the connecting head 3 has an outer flow conduit 24 which is connected to the outer gap 16 between the partition 1 l and the outer wall 15 of the rotor.
  • the conduits l9 and 24 are each provided with one connecting socket.
  • the partition 11 is formed with perforations 25 at its connection with the outer ring 17.
  • a liquid can be introduced through the outer conduit 24 and discharged through the inner conduit 19, the heat carrier flowing in the direction of the arrows through the rotor body 4.
  • the direction of flow may be the opposite one, the heat carrier being supplied through the inner conduit 19 and discharged through the outer conduit 24.
  • the liquid to be heat-treated is fed into the vacuumtight casing 1 through an inlet conduit 26 which is connected to a preheater 27 in the form of a pipe coiled around the bearing housing and connected at its outlet end to a nozzle 28 which directs the liquid to be heat treated towards the upper end of the inner wall 12 of the rotor at the dilatation means 14.
  • the liquid subjected to heat treatment then flows downwards along the inner wall 12, on the one hand, by centrifugal force because of the rotation of the rotor body 4, and, on the other hand, by gravity.
  • the heat-treated liquid product is collected at the lower end of the rotor body in a gutter 29 which is formed by an angular flange 30 extending all the way around, and being secured to, the outer ring 17.
  • the heat-treated liquid is discharged from the gutter 29 with the aid of a scoop pipe 31 which is connected to an outlet 32 for the heat-treated liquid.
  • cooler 33 which is in the form of a reciprocating helically wound pipe coil which extends inside the preheater 27 and around the bearing housing 9.
  • the cooler 33 has an inlet 34 and an outlet 35.
  • Both the preheater 27 and the cooler 33 extend into 7 theconical rotor body 4, so that the vapors escaping from the heat-treated liquid will contact the preheater 27 and the cooler 33 as quickly as possible in order that these vapors be condensed as quickly as possible and the condensate be cooled off.
  • the condensate is collected at the bottom of the casing 1 in a collecting trough 36 which has an outlet 37 for the condensate.
  • An annular neck 38 which shields off a space 39 from which a suction conduit 40 extends, passes down into the collecting trough 36.
  • the ,conduit 40 is connected to a vacuum pump.
  • a small annular space 41 is provided at the top of the casing l for the collection of possible leakage of flushing liquid used in the slide ring seal 18 so that such leakage cannot penetrate into the casing 1 proper but is instead removed through an outlet conduit 42 preferably connected to a vacuum pump via a control sight glass (not shown).
  • the annular space 41 is connected to the interior of the casing 1 through a narrow gap about the outer wall of the rotor, the upper end of said wall being provided with a flange 43 which under centrifugal force throws the flushing liquid, if any, into heat-exchanging surface of the inner wall 12 covered with a thin liquid film so that an effective heat treatment of the liquid and a maximal exploitation of the heat-exchanging?surface is ensured.
  • the rotor By its rotation the rotor will provide an effective separation of liquid and vapor bubbles already in the liquid film proper, and liquid droplets possibly accompanying the escaping vapors will again be thrown outwardly against the liquid film since the entire vapor volume inside the rotor is revolving. It is very simple to operate and control the apparatus and it is also simple to carry out the maintenance thereof.
  • the rotor body 4 has its apex turned downwards. while the motor 7, the coupling housing 8, the bearing housings 9 and the shaft sealing means 10 are provided at the top of the vacuum-tight casing 1.
  • the treated liquid flows in an upward direction along the inner side of the inner wall 12 by the action of centrifugal forces, and after heat treatment has been performed it is collected in the gutter 29 from which it is removed like in FIG. 1 with the aid of a scoop pipe 31.
  • the preheater 27 for the liquid product to be heat-treated has been placed radially outside the outer ring 17 of the rotor body 4 in an annular gap between the casing 1 and the rotor.
  • the cooler 33 for condensing and cooling the vapors escaping from the heat-treated liquid is placed beneath the preheater 27in an annular space between the outer wall of the casing 1 and a radiation shielding screen 46 which prevents heat radiation from the rotor body 4 to the cooler 33.
  • the condensate droplets being thrown outwards against the partition in this way an efficient heat transmission is rendered possible from the vapor to the inner wall 12, I
  • the embodiment according to FIG. 2 can be modified for use of a liquid heat carrier by substituting the connecting head 3 having the cap 23 in FIG. 1 for the connecting head 3 having the scoop pipe 48.
  • the hub S has to be modified and be given the same apperance as in FIG. 1 and in addition it must be equipped with an annular surface 22.
  • the apparatus can be used for heatsensitive liquids and also for highly viscous liquids. In treating heat-sensitive liquids evaporation takes place at low temperature in that vacuum is established in the vacuum-tight casing 1, and a great advantage is that the time of stay of the liquid on the heat exchanging surface is short.
  • the present invention exploits centrifugal force for the generation of the thin film.
  • Centrifugal force permits a controlled and'continuous distribution of the liquid solution on the evaporator surface, and the control of the thickness of the liquid film is readily made by visual or stroboscopical observation of the inner wall 12 of the rotor body through the inspection window 2.
  • the vapors escaping from the heat-treated film are led the shortest way to a condenser which comprises the preheater 27 and the cooler 33, where the vapors are condensed for removal in liquid form. Since it has been possible to make the distance from the heat-exchanging surface to the cooler/condenser very short in the embodiments according to FIGS. 1 and 2, the separated portion of the liquid is subjected to high temperature only for a short time, and because of that the apparatus is particularly suited for the distillation of heat-sensitive liquids.
  • the apparatus according to the present invention is advantageous in that the vapors removed from the heat-treated liquid are dry and free from caught liquid particles since a centrifugal separation of vapor and liquid is obtained in the liquid film proper on the surface of the rotor body and since liquid particles that may accompany the vapor will be exposed to a centrifugal separation because the entire vapor volume in the rotor body is rapidly revolving.
  • the thickness of the liquid film on the evaporation surface 12 can be varied int. al. by variation of the speed of the rotor body and the rate of supply of the liquid. By heating the liquid to a temperature slightly below the evaporation temperature before the liquid is supplied to the heat-exchanging surface the evaporation capacity will increase.
  • the apparatus according to the invention also makes it possible to carry out a high-grade concentration in one step thanks to the effective heat exchange.
  • the apparatus according to the present invention is very advantageous in that it is possible, by reason of the extremely short time of stay in the apparatus, rapidly and easily to establish balance conditions in continuous operation and in that it is possible visually to control the heat-treating process. All this implies great savings of the amount of treated liquid that is necessary for the running-in and the optimization of the operating parameters.
  • the cleaning and maintenance of the apparatus is very simple and can be rapidly effected, for which reason small liquid batches can be treated in the apparatus for testing or other purposes and products can rapidly be exchanged without long operational standstill.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 it is thus possible, by opening the inspection window or windows 2, readily to get at the heatexchanging surface 12, cleaning it mechanically as well as chemically. It is also possible to introduce a washing and flushing liquid for similar purposes through the inlet 26.
  • An apparatus for indirect heat treatment of a liquid comprising a vacuum-tight casing, a substantially frusto-conical rotor body mounted for rotation in said casing, said rotor including a central supporting hub means, a frusto-conical supporting partition wall, a frusto-conical outer wall, and a substantially frustoconical inner wall constituting an inner rotation-symmetrical heat exchange surface ori said rotor body.
  • said partition wall being connected at its narrow end to said hub means, said outer wall being connected at its narrow end in a rotary and'fluid-tight manner to said vacuum-tight casing and said inner wall being connected at its narrow end in a fluid-tight manner to said central hub means, said partition, said outer and said inner walls being interconnected at their wider ends, and said inner wall and said partition, and said partition and said outer wall being spaced apart to form gaps therebetween permitting flow of heat carrier fluid therethrough, apertures in said partition wall interconnecting the gaps on each side of said partition wall at least at their outer ends near the wider end of said rotor body, said hub means having at least one channel which opens into the gap between said inner and said partition wall means to permit flow of the heat-carrier fluid therethrough, a drive shaft supported with one end cantilevered into said vacuum-tight casing and supporting said rotor body for rotation therewith, motor means connected to the other end of said shaft for rotating said shaft and said rotor body, a connecting header mounted on said vacuum-tight casing
  • stationarily mounted head of the casing has a stationary inner flow conduit for the heat carrier, which is connected to the channel or channels of the supporting hub through which the heat carrier is intended to flow and which is sealed against the supporting hub around said hub or the channels thereof, and a stationary outer flow conduit for the heat carrier, which is sealed against the outer wall of the rotor body and the vacuum-tight casing.

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