Evaporator (disambiguation)
# 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
