Is there a difference between a flash separator and a flash tank?
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Is there a difference between a flash separator and a flash tank? Also, what is the difference between a separator and a flash evaporator? Are they both the same device in VISIO? Asking for advice from heroes
Different! Flash separator: It may be gas-liquid separation (separating by using pressure changes to cause different boiling points), or liquid-solid separation. Flash tank: refers to a simple evaporation operation.
There is no difference between a flash separator and a flash tank, but there is a difference between a separator and a flash evaporator. A separator relies on the chemical or physical properties of substances to naturally separate substances, while a flash evaporator separates substances based on their different boiling points. Flash evaporators are mostly used in energy conservation.
When drawing PFD, how to distinguish the two in VISIO? It seems that I only see the separator column. So which flash separator should be chosen? Thanks!