Short path evaporation (also called molecular distillation and sometimes known as SPE) is a thermal separation technique that provides minimum pressure drop, permitting high vacuum operation down to 0.001 mbar.

Short path evaporation is excellent for gently processing heat sensitive, high boiling products.

Features:

• Operating temperature up to 650°F. Low pressure and high heating temperature allow processing of many hard to distill products.
• Residence time of a few seconds, important for heat sensitive products
• Suitable for viscous products
• Excellent turn down capability
• Low product holdup, good for hazardous materials
• Low power requirements

Short path evaporation perfectly complements LCI's thin-film evaporation technology, allowing us even greater capability to provide the right solution for your separation problems.