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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Wolfgang Glasl, Graz, AT;
Matthaeus Siebenhofer, Krakaudorf, AT;
Michael Koncar, Lieboch, AT;
VTU Holding GmbH, Grambach, DE;
Abstract
A thin-film evaporator with a vertical drum (), a supply line () that is arranged in the upper region of the drum () and is used to supply a medium to be evaporated, a heating jacket () arranged on the periphery of the drum and forming vapors, a discharge line () for discharging the residue left in the lower end of the drum, and a condenser () supplied with a coolant, for increasing the separating capacity and optionally for performing chemical reactions, is characterized in that an inner device () influencing the action of the thin-film evaporator is provided in the path of the vapors from the heating jacket () to the condenser ().