falling-film evaporator

falling-film evaporator

[′fȯl·iŋ ‚film i′vap·ə‚rād·ər]
(engineering)
Liquid evaporator system with heated vertical tubes; liquid to be evaporated flows down the inside tube surfaces as a film, evaporating as it flows.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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