ENCON Evaporators

United States

ENCON Thermal Evaporators are a time-tested method for economically reducing the water portion of water-based wastes. It is our most flexible system in terms of heat sources available and the different ways to configure the system including batch, semi-batch, and continuous operation as well as options to recover steam as distilled water. ENCON Thermal Evaporator Systems are available in a wide range of standard capacities, from 8 to 400 gallons per hour and heat sources that include: gas, propane, electric, steam, oil, waste oil, off spec gas, and waste heat. ENCON was founded more than 20 years ago with the Thermal Evaporator offering and that original system has evolved and been improved upon to the point it is today which is the industry leader with widest range of configurations.

The ENCON MVC Evaporator is a forced circulation flash evaporator utilizing mechanical vapor compression. Available in capacities from 40-4, 000 gallonshour, these highly Group-MVCautomated systems operate on steam and compressed air at a typical operating cost of $0.01-$0.02 per gallon of condensate. A variety of material of construction options are available to handle just about any waste stream. Thermal separation processes such as evaporation and distillation can be energy intensive. In conventional evaporators, the energy content of steam vapor produced is lost to a large extent. Using mechanical vapor compression in our MVC Evaporators permits the continuous recycling of this energy by compressing the steam to a higher pressure and temperature. This steam is then used to heat the mother liquid. Mechanical Vapor Compression not only greatly reduces energy costs, it also reduces the CO2 footprint. Of course, reduced energy costs doesn't matter if you're not getting the results expected. That is why ENCON custom designs and builds each MVC specific to the individual wastewater characteristics to provide the customer with the full purchased evaporation rate. The ENCON MVC Evaporator is designed for heavy duty industrial usage utilizing name brand, high quality components for long lasting performance and safety. Our four step mist-elimination process ensures the highest quality distillate.

ENCON offers the ENCON Drum Dryer for dewatering concentrated slurries and sludge to a dry land fillable (see NOTE below) condition. These systems are electrically heated, operate in batch mode, and are controlled on a time and temperature basis. Typical applications include: bottoms from ENCON Thermal evaporator, concentrate from ENCON MVC Evaporators, concentrated salt slurries, viscous solutions such as water based inks and paints, other water based sludge applications.The ENCON Drum Dryer Advantages Constant circular and vertical mixing of sludge or slurry to ensure homogeneous drying. Drum can also be the disposal vessel to minimize handling. Timer controlled to avoid over drying. Temperature controlled for safe drying. Pneumatic lift system to easily remove mixing system from drum. drum dryersThe ENCON Drum Dryer completely encapsulates a 55 gallon drum of sludge or slurry and heats it from outside the drum. Since the heating elements do not contact the sludge or slurry there is no requirement to clean the heat transfer surface. Temperatures are controlled with a thermocouple and timer system to provide drum dryer for sludge dewateringconsistent heating and accurate level of dryness. Hi torque motor and gear reducer provide gentle and consistent agitation even as solutions become more viscous and solid. Pneumatic lifting system allows easy removal of lid and agitator system at completion of drying. Hinged clamshell walls along with pneumatic lifting system allow easy removal of drum and dolly for loading and unloading. NOTE: Determination of whether or not dried residue is landfillable is responsibility of the customer and should be done in accordance with local, state, and federal regulations. ENCON does not imply or suggest that dry condition is sole requirement for disposing residue in landfill or other unregulated disposal facility.

• TemperatureDigital High Shut-off
• TimerCycle Shut-off (Optional)

ENCON Drum Evaporators are electrically heated small volume evaporator available in two sizes. The DE-2 is a batch evaporator (auto-fill option is also available) that can process 200 gallons per 5 day week. The DE-4 is a auto-fill evaporator that can process 400 gallons per 5 day week.Both models completely encapsulate a 55-gallon drum of wastewater and heats it from the outside, thereby eliminating contact of the heating elements with the wastewater. This makes the ENCON Drum Evaporator appropriate for not only standard wastewater streams that can be handled in other types of evaporators such as Thermal and MVC, but also for de-watering waste streams with high solid loading, such as water based inks, paints, adhesives, and concentrated residue from other ENCON Evaporators. Please visit the Process Description page for a detailed illustrated guide on how the ENCON Drum Evaporator works.