Continuous vacuum pan and internal insulation arrangement thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8277562
APP PUB NO 20110220100A1
SERIAL NO

13050783

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This invention relates to a continuous vacuum pan (also sometimes referred to as an evaporative crystallizer) for use in the sugar processing industry, and to a heat exchanger used inside the continuous vacuum pan. The invention also relaters to the heat exchanger as used in other applications in the sugar processing industry. The heat exchanger includes a massecuite flow path for conveying massecuite therethrough, and a heat transfer medium flow path for receiving a heat transfer medium to enable heat transfer to the massecuite flow path. The heat exchanger is characterized therein that a periphery thereof is surrounded by an insulated zone in order to prevent heat transfer from the heat transfer medium flow path to the environment.

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TONGAAT HULETT LIMITED4400 TONGAAT KWAZULU NATAL

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
David, Warren Umhlanga, ZA 1 1
Love, David John Durban North, ZA 3 1
Peacock, Stephen David Athlone Park, ZA 1 1
Schorn, Paul Martin Sunningdale, ZA 3 5
Smith, Leon Amanzimtoti, ZA 8 51

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