Selection of condensers in negative pressure distillation systems
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Negative pressure distillation generally requires a vacuum pump, and a condenser needs to be installed at the inlet of the vacuum pump. What size should the condenser be? How is the condensation efficiency calculated? Is it determined by the square of the condenser or by the temperature of the cooling fluid supplied?
First, you need to determine your evaporation rate – for example, how much concentration needs to be increased, or how much should be extracted and how much should be recycled – and then use this figure to calculate the volume of condensate that needs to be circulated
What is the capacity of your reactor in liters, and what is its evaporation rate? You might want to take a look at perfluorinated tube condensers