Industry A is low on budget and is used in the sugar industry. Industry B wants to invest in a good evaporator. They are needed for meat extracts. Which evaporators will you suggest for each of them?

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asked Jan 30, 2022 in Food Engineering by Amelia (93.7k points)

Industry A is low on budget and is used in the sugar industry. Industry B wants to invest in a good evaporator. They are needed for meat extracts. Which evaporators will you suggest for each of them?

(a) Forced circulation evaporator, forced circulation evaporator

(b) Rising film evaporator forced circulation evaporator

(c) Forced circulation evaporator, rising film evaporator

(d) Rising film evaporator, rising film evaporator

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