Evaporator (disambiguation)

An evaporator is a device which turns the liquid form of a substance into its gaseous or vapour form. This is a widely used process and there are many applications for it.

Fundamental chemical production processes:

• Vacuum evaporation
• Flash evaporation
• Multi-effect distillation

Mechanisms for performing evaporation:

• Rotary evaporator, a vacuum evaporator, typically used in chemistry laboratories
• Centrifugal evaporator
• Circulation evaporator
• Rising film evaporator
• Falling film evaporator
• Climbing and falling film plate evaporator
• Multiple-effect evaporator
• Vapor-compression evaporation

Air conditioning:

• Evaporative cooler, simple unpowered cooling
• Evaporative cooling chambers, an application thereof
• Spray pond, large scale external cooling

Refrigeration:

• Vapor-compression refrigeration, the common motor-driven form of refrigerator, where the evaporator forms the 'cold plate' within the refrigerator
• Absorption refrigerator, a refrigerator powered by a heat source, also with an evaporator as the cold plate

Production of potable drinking water and boiler feedwater at sea or on arid coasts:

• Evaporator (marine)
• Chaplin's patent distilling apparatus
• Vapor-compression desalination
• Multi-stage flash distillation