SPXFlow APV Evaporators

• Falling Film Plate Evaporators
• Rising/Falling Film Plate Evaporators

APV Falling Film Plate Evaporator

Falling Film Plate Evaporators

APV Falling Film Plate Evaporator is widely recognized as the standard for making premium products.  Combining all the advantages of the Rising/Falling Film Plate Evaporator with the even shorter residence time, the SPX FLOW Falling Film Plate Evaporator is widely recognized as the standard for making premium products.  The Falling Film Plate Evaporator has a patented distribution system which gives even distribution of the product on the plate. This allows for low required wetting rates and easy single pass design.  There are three sizes of plates with water removal capacities ranging from 2,000 to 60,000 lbs/hr (907 to 27,216 kg/h).  Multiple effect or MVR can be utilized due to the very low temperature difference required.

Key Applications

• Fruit juices
• Sugars and corn syrups
• Meat and vegetable broths
• Coffee
• Gelatin
• Milk
• Whey Protein
• Beer de-alcoholization

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Rising/Falling Film Plate Evaporators

APV Rising/Falling Film Plate Evaporators

Flexible, multi-duty unit engineered to handle small-to-medium production runs of heat sensitive products. As the original plate type evaporator, the Rising/Falling Film Plate system is a flexible, multi-duty unit engineered to handle small to medium production runs of heat sensitive products.  Water removal capacities range from 1,000 to 35,000 lbs/hr (454 to 15,876 kg/h) for the standard size plate. For much smaller production or pilot plant trials a junior plate evaporator can operate as low as 100 lbs/hr (45.5 kg/h) water removal.  Either plate can be arranged in a multiple effect system to maximize thermal efficiency.

Key Applications

• Fruit juices
• Fruit purees
• Sugars and corn syrups
• Meat and vegetable broths
• Coffee
• Gelatin
• Milk
• Egg
• Pectin