kettle reboiler
kettle reboiler
[′ked·əl rē′bȯil·ər] (chemical engineering)
Tube-and-shell heat exchange device in which liquid is vaporized on the shell side from heat transferred from hot liquid flowing through the tubes; dome space allows liquid-vapor separation above the tube bundle.
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