AromaVap
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Enhance the concentration of heat-sensitive fruit juices, berry juices, and herbal extracts with the Alfa Laval AromaVap plate evaporator. Designed for gentle and efficient evaporation, it operates under vacuum conditions to preserve valuable aromatic compounds. The once-through flow design keeps temperatures low, reducing hold-up volumes and ensuring fast startup times. This results in minimized residence time, high-quality products, and excellent yields.
Fast, gentle and highly effective concentration of delicate, heat-sensitive juices and herbal extracts with minimal product loss
- Fast, effective once-through concentration of heat-sensitive fruit and berry juices and herbal extracts
- No loss of product quality during concentration due to gentle handling and low temperatures
- Extracts, concentrates and collects aromatic compounds with no risk of loss with the vapour
- Simple operation with easy-to-access, easy-to-clean heat transfer surfaces
- Hygienic, easy-to-clean design that meets most global food industry standards
The Alfa Laval AromaVap plate evaporator is an ideal solution for concentrating heat-sensitive juices, herbal extracts, and other delicate liquids. This once-through evaporator concentrates product is operating under vacuum conditions, ensuring low process temperatures, preventing the need for recirculation while minimizing hold-up volumes. This prevents the need for recirculation and reduces hold-up volumes. Low temperatures and short residence times maximize product quality and minimize product loss by reducing exposure to excessive heat, which is crucial for preserving aromatic compounds.
A specially designed aroma extraction module separates and concentrates volatile aromatic compounds, ensuring that valuable by-products are not lost during the concentration process.
Extremely versatile and compact, the AromaVap plate evaporator is easy to install, operate, and maintain, and ensures high product quality and yield.
Flexible configuration and capacities
Easily configure your AromaVap evaporator plate to your required evaporation duty in terms of processed product, water removal, and in/out concentrations, or let Alfa Laval engineers do it for you. Unlike shell-and-tube evaporators, where capacity is fixed once installed, AromaVap accommodates changing process requirements, and allows for easy capacity adjustments by simply adding or removing plates in the existing frame.
Compact and cost-effective
Compared to shell–and-tube heat exchangers, the AromaVap evaporator plate has a significantly smaller footprint, reducing and simplifying operations, installation, maintenance, and reducing costs. The design ensures low hold-up volumes with fast start-up and emptying times, which translates into higher uptime and higher yield.
Easy maintenance and inspection
The AromaVap is designed for ease of maintenance, with straightforward access to the heat transfer surfaces. The unit’s construction allows for quick inspection and cleaning. Inspect the inner workings of the AromaVap from the ground floor. Simply remove the tightening bolts and roll back the pressure plate to access the heat transfer surfaces, and heavy tools are required. Additionally, the AromaVap utilizes glue-free, clip-on gaskets that ensure tight seals and ease of replacement. Due to its low hold-up volume, the AromaVap requires only a small amount of cleaning media for effective Cleaning-in-Place (CIP), further reducing costs.