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9.4Temperatureprofileinanevaporator
Let us consider the case of longtube vertical evaporator heated by steam. After boiling and flashing of the superheated
liquid,thedisengagementofthevaporandliquidoccurinvaporspaceoftheevaporatorandtherecycledliquidflowsdown
theexternalpipe.Apartofthisconcentratedliquidiswithdrawnasaproductandtheremainingpartgetmixedwithafeed
andagainentertheevaporatortube.IfTBPistheboilingoftheliquidintheevaporatorastheprevailingpressure,thenthe
temperatureoftheliquidinthetubewillbeTBP.Thetemperatureoftherecycledstreamenteringthetubeswillthenalsobe
TBP,ifthefeedissufficientlyhot.Now,wewillimaginehowthetemperatureischanginginthetube.Letusseethatwhen
the liquid flows up in the tube, its temperature rises because at the bottom of the tube the pressure is higher (vapor
chamberpressure+hydrostaticpressure+frictionalloss)ascomparedtothetopofthetube.Therefore,aliquidstarts
boilingatalevelwhenitstemperaturerisestoitssaturationtemperatureatthepressureatthatpoint.Aftertheboilingin
betweenthetube,asliquidgoesupinthetube,thelocaltemperaturedropsbecauseofthereductioninthelocalpressure.
Itmayalsobementionedthatastheliquidmovesupitgetsconcentratedandthustheboilingpointofthesolutionalso
increasesastheliquidtraversedupinthetube.Theliquidtemperatureprofileinthetubeisshowninthefig.9.4forlow
(ploti)andhigh(plotii)liquidvelocity.Theliquidtemperatureinthetubesincreasesuptocertainheightandthenthe
temperaturedecreasesduetothelossofsuperheat.Athighervelocitythetemperatureraiseislessandtheliquidboilsnear
thetopofthetube.Theplot(iii)showstheshellsidetemperatureprofilewheresteamisheatingthetube.Ascanbeseen,
theslightlysuperheatedsteamenterstheshellandsoonthetemperatureofthesteamlossesitssensibleheatandthen
condensesonthetubesandprovidethelatentheatofcondensation(attemperatureTsteam)tothetubeandbeforeboiling
fromtheshellmaygetslightlysubcooled.Theplot(iv)istheboilingtemperatureofthewater(Tw)atthepressureinthe
vaporchamber.Thus,theBPE=TBPTwandthetruetemperatureduringforceisthedifferencebetweentheplot(iii)andthe
plot(i)or(ii).
Itcanbeunderstoodwiththehelpofthediscussionandfig.9.4thatthetemperaturechangesallalongthelengthofthe
tube.Thus,therealtemperaturedrivingforcewillbethedifferenceinsteamtemperatureandliquidtemperaturealwaysthe
high.However,itispracticallynoteasytodeterminethetemperatureprofileinthetube.Therefore,thedrivingforcecanbe
takenas(TsteamTBP)forthedesignpurpose.
9.5Heattransfercoefficient
The correlation used in the boiling and condensation may be used here. If the evaporator operates at very high liquid
velocitysothattheboilingoccursatthetopendofthetube,thefollowingcorrelation(eq.9.1)maybeused,
(9.1)

where,Distheinnerdiameterofthetube,kisthethermalconductivityoftheliquidorsolution.

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Fig.9.4:Temperatureprofilesinanevaporator
Foulingisaconcernintheevaporatorthereforethefollowingequation(eq.9.2)maybeusedfortheoverallheattransfer
coefficientwithtime,
(9.2)

where,tisthetimeforwheretheevaporatoristheoperation,isaconstantforaparticularliquid,UdirtyandUcleanallthe
overallheattransfercoefficientofthedirtyandcleanevaporator.

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