Retrofitting Legal Pasteurization in an Existing Evaporator – What to Keep in Mind
In the dairy industry, pasteurization is crucial to processing milk and milk products for human consumption. The pasteurization process is […]
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- 4th January 2021
- Articles, Falling Film Evaporators
- Aaron Amorim
Calcium Fouling in Barometric Leg of a Direct-Contact Condensor
We were recently out at a customer’s site, where we had been contracted to replace an existing fully integrated and […]
Continue reading...- 19th October 2020
- Articles, Condensor, Falling Film Evaporators
- Jan de Geest
Evaporator Woes – Vacuum Control, Velocity, and Carryover
Recently, we have been working with a client to reduce carryover in their legacy rising film evaporator for dairy products. […]
Continue reading...- 25th September 2020
- Articles, Falling Film Evaporators, Other
- John Real
7 More Tips to Improve the Cleaning In Place (CIP) of your Falling Film Evaporator
Some time ago, Jan de Geest came up with “7 Tips to Improve the Cleaning In Place (CIP) of your […]
Continue reading...- 2nd August 2020
- Articles, Falling Film Evaporators
- Aaron Amorim
GLM Luebbers
We are excited to announce that after seven years of close cooperation in advanced industrial spray drying technologies, GLM Hydro […]
Continue reading...- 14th January 2020
- Articles, Dryers, Other
- Jan de Geest
Dryer Safety – Explosion Protection
More and more, the safety around spray drying systems is becoming a paramount concern to producers of all kinds. With […]
Continue reading...Direct vs Indirect Fired Heaters for Spray Dryers
The question of direct or indirect fired spray dryers is one that is starting to be asked in the United […]
Continue reading...Evaluation of a MVR versus TVR heated falling film finisher
GLM Hydro MVR vs. TVR Problem Solving: – Finishers are increasingly being considered as options to increase total solids in membrane filtration […]
Continue reading...- 17th August 2015
- Articles, Dryers, Falling Film Evaporators, Finishers, Other, Steam Infusion
- John Real
Benefits of Dehumidification of Drying Process Air
GLM Hydro Dryer Problem Solving: –One of the easiest ways to improve stability and increase capacity of a drying system is […]
Continue reading...Capacity Improvement of your Existing Falling Film Evaporator with a Potential Increase on the Dryer Output
GLM Hydro Evaporator Problem Solving: –There are several ways you can improve the overall evaporation capacity of your evaporator and […]
Continue reading...- 18th January 2014
- Articles, Dryers, Falling Film Evaporators
- Jan de Geest
The Impact of a Membrane Filtration Pre-Concentration or Whey Fractionation on a Falling Film Evaporator
GLM Hydro Evaporator Problem Solving: – In the dairy industry we typically find in most milk and whey processing facilities, that […]
Continue reading...- 11th January 2014
- Falling Film Evaporators
- Jan de Geest
Removal and Inactivation of Spores and Reducing of Bacterial Growth in Falling Film Dairy Evaporators
GLM Hydro Evaporator Problem Solving: – I would like to share some of my experience gained over the past 2 decades […]
Continue reading...- 4th January 2014
- Falling Film Evaporators
- Jan de Geest
Fouling of Cooling Water Tubes in a Condenser
GLM Hydro Condensor Problem Solving: – There is one thing that many falling film- and forced circulation evaporators running under vacuum […]
Continue reading...- 29th December 2013
- Condensor
- Jan de Geest
7 Tips to Improve the Cleaning In Place (CIP) of your Falling Film Evaporator
GLM Hydro Falling Film Evaporator Tips: –The majority of Falling Film Evaporators have a Cleaning In Place (CIP) system. Most […]
Continue reading...- 21st December 2013
- Falling Film Evaporators
- Jan de Geest
Condenser Vacuum Control in Steam Infusion Heater for Extend Shelf Life Milk Products
GLM Hydro Evaporator Problem Solving: – A small dairy company is operating a steam infusion heater to produce extended shelf […]
Continue reading...- 14th December 2013
- Steam Infusion
- Jan de Geest
Air Leaks in Falling Film and Forced Circulation Evaporators running under Vacuum Conditions
GLM Hydro Evaporator Problem Solving: – In over 25 years of troubleshooting and consulting evaporator systems, I cannot even begin […]
Continue reading...- 7th December 2013
- Falling Film Evaporators
- Jan de Geest
Distribution Pan Fouling in a Falling Film Evaporator
GLM Hydro Evaporator Problem Solving: – One of our dairy customers wanted to produce a new product on their existing […]
Continue reading...- 30th November 2013
- Falling Film Evaporators
- Jan de Geest
Importance of steady condensate flow in an evaporation system
GLM Hydro Evaporator Problem Solving: – During the course of many falling film and forced circulation evaporator optimization jobs I […]
Continue reading...- 23rd November 2013
- Falling Film Evaporators
- Jan de Geest
Air in the falling film evaporator product feed
GLM Hydro Evaporator Problem Solving: – Throughout the execution of many falling film evaporation projects I often run into issues […]
Continue reading...- 1st November 2013
- Falling Film Evaporators
- Jan de Geest