DIRECT ANSWERA reboiler normally serves tower-bottom vaporization and circulation; an evaporator covers broader evaporation or concentration duties. Specify process location, both streams, load, phase conditions and circulation.
Duty before equipment name
- Process objective and equipment location
- Phase equilibrium, load and turndown
- Natural/forced circulation and control
- Fouling, materials, cleaning and interfaces
Relevant manufacturing capability
- Shell, tubesheet, tube-bundle and pressure-boundary fabrication review
- Material, welding, NDE and test planning
- Bought-out component and package-interface coordination
Key notes
- Names alone do not determine thermosiphon, kettle or other arrangements.