Calandria Evaporator

The Swenson Calandria Evaporator is applied less often today than it was years ago, though there are still a number of companies that prefer this evaporator for various applications. For most applications, however, the lower equipment costs for other designs has prompted the replacement of calandria evaporators with LTV rising-film, LTV falling-film and forced-circulation evaporators.

The Calandria Evaporator has a heat exchanger (with tubes usually less than six feet long) integral with the vapor body. The level is maintained in the upper portion of the tubes or above the top tubesheet and the circulation pattern is up through the tubes and down through a central pipe called a "downcomer". Circulation is created by the difference in specific gravity between the body liquor and the heated liquor and vapor generated inside the tubes, plus a vapor lift effect.