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Evaporator Condensate: Process Separations
Evaporator Condensate: Process Separations
customer benefits
evaporator condensate
process separations
background benefits
Process condensate represents a real value to cus- Implement economical water scarcity solutions
tomers as it usually contains several items of potential Reduce total cost of water operations
savings. These could include but are not limited to
Support environmentally friendly efforts
heat energy and recovery of product. In most cases
the condensate has become contaminated and cannot Reduce costs for compliance and discharge
be reused in the boiler without pretreatment. The Reduce energy requirements to produce steam
conventional methods of ion exchange usually mean from municipal or well water
cooling the water down to 80º to 90ºF (27º to 32ºC). By Reduce chemical usage
using SUEZ specialty membranes, we can process
condensate at temperatures up to 158ºF (70ºC), there-
value
by offering significant heat energy savings.
Energy - The cost of evaporating 75% of dirty
Many plants also produce a product using evaporation.
condensate is substantial. Assuming a 70 gpm
The overheads from the evaporators usually have a
flow and using an average cost of US$6/MM
small amount of their product that must
BTUs and further assuming 100% efficiency of
either be recovered by an additional evaporation step
the evaporator, the cost of the energy necessary
or disposed of in a waste treatment plant. Recovering
to evaporate 53 gpm (289 m /day) (75% of 70
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targeted industries
Transportation
Chemical Processing and Hydrocarbon Processing
Industries
Food & Beverage
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CB1237EN.doc Nov-14