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Aug. 20, 2012

New modular evaporator for oil sands operations

This new SMARTMOD modular evaporator for oil sands operations uses vertical tube falling film design, a proved technology for treating difficult produced water sources.

The maker says the benefits of SMARTMOD over conventional evaporator systems include 10% lower power consumption. Its multiple section design helps ensure ASME distillate quality, and on line washing allows for continuous distillate production at >70% of design capacity during washing.

The unit is also engineered to help minimize field installation labor and costs. With its reduced center of mass and evaporator weight, the module and vessels eliminate the need for building a large evaporator building or expensive foundation labor and materials. Its design also helps reduce freight costs for transportation of the complete system to the site, the firm points out. Whether it’s for produced water or boiler blowdown treatment, the unit provides high distillate purity, high continuous distillate production availability, and reduction in field installation costs of approximately 75%, the firm says.

Source: Aquatech International Corp., One Four Coins Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317.