摘要 |
A falling film freeze exchanger, heat exchanger or crystallizer having a plurality of spaced apart vertical tubes secured in, and penetrating, an upper circular tube sheet and a lower circular tube sheet; each tube having a top end and a bottom end; a circular cylindrical shell around the tube sheets and connected thereto; the shell having a heat exchange fluid inlet and a heat exchange fluid outlet for circulating heat exchange fluid around the tubes between the tube sheets; a header surrounding and joined to the upper part of the shell and extending above the top tube sheet and above the top end of the tubes; means to deliver a liquid process feed stream into the header; and wiper means, adapted to rotate about a vertical axis, in contact with the top ends of the tubes. |