VACUUM EVAPORATOR Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A23L3/3418 A23B7/148 A23L1/212 

FIELD: process engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to food industry. Vacuum evaporator comprises vertical cylindrical two-body housing accommodating mixer and spray nozzles to force initial product in. Evaporators is divided by separator into two, top and bottom, chambers. Evaporator top cover houses branch pipes to discharge vapors from aforesaid chambers. Every chamber accommodates rotary spray nozzles to force initial product in. Note here that product in bottom chamber is sprayed from bottom to top while in top chamber it is sprayed radially. Top spray nozzles are equally spaced on annular hill-like chamber lateral surface, said chamber being driven by motor via coupling. Bottom chamber conical part is communicated with pump to feed pre-thickened suspension into rotary spray nozzles in top chamber. Annular trough is arranged on bottom chamber inner cylindrical surface to collect and removed thickened suspension from top chamber.

EFFECT: higher quality of finished product.

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