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UIC Achieves World Record in Short Path Distillation

UIC Presents Short Path Evaporator with 80 m² of Heating Surface

UIC Achieves World Record in Short Path Distillation

At a customer‘s request, UIC developed, designed, constructed, and supplied the world‘s tallest short path evaporator, with 80m² of heating surface. The areas of application for large short path evaporators are the polymer, lactic acid, fish oil and edible oil industries. Typical applications of short path evaporators are the separation of pesticides, monomers, mineral oil residues and heavy boilers with a dark color.

KEY FACTS

  • 80 m² heating surface
  • 16 m total height
  • 70 m³ total volume
  • 78 bar design pressure
  • 2.6 m inner diameter
  • 12,500 individual parts

Link to further information: Case Study Short Path Distillation Broschuere