Special Condenser Types

If vapours have to be condensed in a vacuum process at a pressure belowthe triple point, then this can be done without previous increase in pressure, but only as solids. For this desublimation of vapours, one uses changeover condensers. The first condenser will always be loaded with the product, while the product in the second is melted. For this procedure, a suitable coolant is naturally required, usually brine or evaporating refrigerant of a refrigeration process. For example, during a freeze-drying process such ice condensers are used, because the water vapour 

As mentioned earlier, direct-contact condensers have some advantages against surface condensers. However, the main disadvantage is the mixing of vapour condensate with the coolant. If pure steam is condensed with water as coolant, this may not be a problem. But if it is not permitted to mix cooling water and condensate and in addition there is a fouhng problem, then it is difficult to find an adequate condensation system. On the one hand, direct-contact condensers 

The insensitivity of direct-contact condensers to fouling is a result of the high amount of liquid that is flowing along the walls and internals. This feature can even be improved by a suitable design. A direct-contact condenser should be designed in such a way that there are no internal dry spots, where solid incrustations can accumulate. 

Jousten, K. (ed) (2008) Handbook of Vacuum Technology, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim, pp. 353-374. 

VDI-Gesellschaft Verfahrenstechnik (1997) VDI-Wdrmeatlas, 8 Auf, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. 

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More specialized reaction types are hydrocarbon elimination (Section 4.4.4.2) and condensation of species with M—M multiple bonds121 (Section 4.4.1.10). 

Three types of instruments have received wide acceptance in dew point measurements tllthe saturated salt dew point sensor 121 the condensation-type hygrometer and t.lt the aluminum oxide sensor. Many other instruments are used in specialized applications, including pressure tatio dev ices, dewcups. and fog chambers. The luttei ate manually operated... 

Bayer operates a number of. similarly engineered waste combustion units. At the Dormagen plant, a further combustor for solid and liquid wastes has been placed in service. It consists of a rotary furnace, afterburner, waste-heat boiler, and gas scrubber. The plant incorporates a condensation-type electrostatic filter specially developed by Bayer [259] and an SCR unit for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides (with ammonia) and for degradation of dioxins in the tail gas (see Fig. 115). 

The basic assumption is that the Langmuir equation applies to each layer, with the added postulate that for the first layer the heat of adsorption Q may have some special value, whereas for all succeeding layers, it is equal to Qu, the heat of condensation of the liquid adsorbate. A furfter assumption is that evaporation and condensation can occur only from or on exposed surfaces. As illustrated in Fig. XVII-9, the picture is one of portions of uncovered surface 5o, of surface covered by a single layer 5, by a double-layer 52. and so on.f The condition for equilibrium is taken to be that the amount of each type of surface reaches a steady-state value with respect to the next-deeper one. Thus for 5o... 

Fig. II, 17, 2 illustrates a fractional distillation unit f for use with glass helices. The column is provided with an electrically-heated jacket the resistance shown in the Figure may be replaced by a variable transformer. The still head is of the total-condensation variable take-off type aU the vapour at the top of the column is condensed, a portion of the condensate is returned to the column by means of the special stopcock (permitting of...

Attention is directed to the fact that ether is highly inflammable and also extremely volatile (b.p. 35°), and great care should be taken that there is no naked flame in the vicinity of the liquid (see Section 11,14). Under no circumstances should ether be distilled over a bare flame, but always from a steam bath or an electrically-heated water bath (Fig.//, 5,1), and with a highly efficient double surface condenser. In the author s laboratory a special lead-covered bench is set aside for distillations with ether and other inflammable solvents. The author s ether still consists of an electrically-heated water bath (Fig. 11, 5, 1), fitted with the usual concentric copper rings two 10-inch double surface condensers (Davies type) are suitably supported on stands with heavy iron bases, and a bent adaptor is fitted to the second condenser furthermost from the water bath. The flask containing the ethereal solution is supported on the water bath, a short fractionating column or a simple bent still head is fitted into the neck of the flask, and the stUl head is connected to the condensers by a cork the recovered ether is collected in a vessel of appropriate size. 

Type 77 units are the condenser and reboiler designs. One side is spiral flow and the other side is in cross flow. These SHEs provide veiy stable designs for vacuum condensing and reboiling seiwices. A SHE can be fitted with special mounting connec tions for refliix-type vent-condenser apphcations. The vertically mounted SHE directly attaches on the column or tank. 

The special forms consist of the many types of anode which are used for protecting smaller containers. Boilers, heat exchangers and condensers belong to this group. Besides the rod anodes already mentioned with tube screw joints which can be screwed into the container from outside, there are also short and round anode supports as well as more or less flat ball segments which are bolted onto the protected surface with cast-on supports. These shapes are mostly manufactured from magnesium alloys. In addition, there are star-shaped or circular anodes for installation in condensers and pipes. The weight of these anodes lies between 0.1 and 1 kg. 

Special resins consist of a two-phase system composed of a mix of a highly condensed, and no longer soluble, PF-resin with a standard type PF-resin [63]. Another two-phase resin is composed of a highly condensed PF-resin, still in an aqueous solution, and of a PF dispersion [64]. The purpose of such special resins is the gluing of wet wood, where the danger of overpenetration of the resin into the wood surface exists and would cause a starved glue line. 

Self-condensation of the substituted propiophenone, 15, by the pinacol reaction proceeds to give the glycol, 16, as the meso isomer. (If it is assumed that the transition state for this reaction resembles product, this stereoselectivity can be rationalized on the grounds of steric interaction compare A, which leads to the observed product, with B.) Dehydration under very specialized conditions (acetyl chloride, acetic anhydride) affords the bisstyrene-type diene (17). Removal of the acyl groups by means of base affords the synthetic estrogen, dien-... 

There are many special factors controlling atmospheric bimetallic corrosion that entitle it to separate treatment. The electrolyte in atmospheric corrosion consists of a thin condensed film of moisture containing any soluble contaminants in the atmosphere such as acid fumes from industrial atmospheres and chlorides from marine atmospheres. This type of electrolyte has two characteristics which are summarised in a paper by Rosenfel d . 

There is some similarity between the cracking of petroleum and the cracking of biomass. However, biomass is more complex chemically both in terms of structrual types and functional groups. In petrochemistry, hydrocarbons are fractionated and they are then functionalized by oxidation, halogenation, nitration and other chemical processes so as to add value. The commodity chemicals are then built up into more complex molecules using such popular synthetic methods as Friedel Craft reactions, Michael and aldol condensations, and Heck and Suzuki couplings. The speciality products of these reactions are then further elaborated into formulations for use in everyday applications ranging from personal care... 

In solvent-elimination LC-FTIR, basically three types of substrates and corresponding IR modes can be discerned, namely, powder substrates for diffuse reflectance (DRIFT) detection, metallic mirrors for reflection-absorption (R-A) spectrometry, and IR-transparent windows for transmission measurements [500]. The most favourable solvent-elimination LC-FTIR results have been obtained with IR-transparent deposition substrates that allow straightforward transmission measurements. Analyte morphology and/or transformation should always be taken into consideration during the interpretation of spectra obtained by solvent-elimination LC-FTIR. Dependent on the type of substrate and/or size of the deposited spots, often special optics such as a (diffuse) reflectance unit, a beam condenser or an FITR microscope are used to scan the deposited substances (typical diameter of the FITR beam, 20 pm). 

In the Wickbold method, solid samples are vaporised in an oxygen stream and fed into an oxyhydrogen flame, which bums in a cooled quartz tube. The combustion products are condensed here, or are captured in an absorption solution as gaseous materials. Although combustion in a Wickbold apparatus is a quick and effective method for destroying organic material of all types, incomplete destruction may occur [19]. In special digestion vessels, known as cold-plasma ashers (CPA),... 

Attrition of particulate materials occurs wherever solids are handled and processed. In contrast to the term comminution, which describes the intentional particle degradation, the term attrition condenses all phenomena of unwanted particle degradation which may lead to a lot of different problems. The present chapter focuses on two particular process types where attrition is of special relevance, namely fluidized beds and pneumatic conveying lines. The problems caused by attrition can be divided into two broad categories. On the one hand, there is the generation of fines. In the case of fluidized bed catalytic reactors, this will lead to a loss of valuable catalyst material. Moreover, attrition may cause dust problems like explosion hazards or additional burden on the filtration systems. On the other hand, attrition causes changes in physical properties of the material such as particle size distribution or surface area. This can result in a reduction of product quality or in difficulties with operation of the plant. 

The production of light coloured products with a requirement for low build-up of static electricity requires the addition of an ingredient which is capable of providing the rubber with a low electrical resistance. Quartemary ammonium salts and ethylene oxide condensates provide one route. Of the common plasticisers, phosphate types have the lowest electrical resistance conferring properties in rubbers. Special antistatic plasticisers, such as polyethylene glycol fatty alcohol ethers, are designed to give rubbers with low surface resistivity. 

Dark-field illumination is classified into three types. The first one is for a microscope equipped with low numerical aperture (NA) objective lenses (see Fig. 1). To cast a shadow at the objective lens, a ring-slit as shown in Fig. IB is inserted into the light path. The second is for highNA (>0.5) objective lenses. Special, ready-made dark-field condensers or lenses are used for dark-field illumination. The third is independent... 

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