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.
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