Abstract: A separation apparatus for continuous thermal separation of a substance is fed into a treatment chamber. The substance includes two or more components where at least one of the components is evaporable at an evaporation temperature (Te). The separation apparatus includes a vessel including a vessel wall with an inner surface enclosing the treatment chamber having a length IC, a height H and a width W, a substance inlet for feeding the substance into the treatment chamber, a first outlet for releasing non--evaporated parts of the substance from the treatment chamber, a second outlet for releasing evaporated parts of the substance from the treatment chamber, and a rotary mechanism. The rotary mechanism includes a rotatable axle arranged within the treatment chamber having an orientation directed along the treatment chamber's length L and a mixing device fixed to, and extending perpendicular from, the rotatable axle.

Abstract: A method for continuous thermal separation of a substance being fed into a treatment chamber is performed within a vessel. Besides the vessel, the apparatus includes a heating device with an external heat source and a rotary mechanism with an external rotary drive. The heating device and the rotary drive are mutually operated such that a resulting operational temperature Top is obtained within a volume Vp near an inner surface of the vessel which is equal or higher than an evaporation temperature Tc of at least one liquid constituting part of the substance.

Abstract: A method for thermal separation of a substance flowing into a treatment chamber by use of a separation apparatus includes a vessel and a heating device. The vessel has a vessel wall with an inner surface enclosing a treatment chamber of a length lc, a height H and a width W. The vessel includes at least one substance inlet and at least one first outlet and at least one second outlet for non-evaporable and evaporable parts, respectively. The heating device is arranged outside the treatment chamber and a rotary mechanism includes a rotatable axle arranged within the treatment chamber directed along the treatment chamber's length h and a mixing device of radial diameter dmd and axial length Imd fixed to the rotatable axle and extending perpendicular to the rotatable axle. The method includes: A. heating the inner surface (la) by use of the heating device to transfer thermal energy to a minimum peripheral volume (Vp) of the treatment chamber confined between the mixing device and the inner surface (la), B.

Abstract: A separation apparatus for continuous thermal separation of a substance is fed into a treatment chamber. The substance includes two or more components where at least one of the components is evaporable at an evaporation temperature (Te). The separation apparatus includes a vessel including a vessel wall with an inner surface enclosing the treatment chamber having a length IC, a height H and a width W, a substance inlet for feeding the substance into the treatment chamber, a first outlet for releasing non--evaporated parts of the substance from the treatment chamber, a second outlet for releasing evaporated parts of the substance from the treatment chamber, and a rotary mechanism. The rotary mechanism includes a rotatable axle arranged within the treatment chamber having an orientation directed along the treatment chamber's length L and a mixing device fixed to, and extending perpendicular from, the rotatable axle.

Abstract: A method for thermal separation of a substance flowing into a treatment chamber by use of a separation apparatus includes a vessel and a heating device. The vessel has a vessel wall with an inner surface enclosing a treatment chamber of a length lc, a height H and a width W. The vessel includes at least one substance inlet and at least one first outlet and at least one second outlet for non-evaporable and evaporable parts, respectively. The heating device is arranged outside the treatment chamber and a rotary mechanism includes a rotatable axle arranged within the treatment chamber directed along the treatment chamber's length h and a mixing device of radial diameter dmd and axial length Imd fixed to the rotatable axle and extending perpendicular to the rotatable axle. The method includes: A. heating the inner surface (la) by use of the heating device to transfer thermal energy to a minimum peripheral volume (Vp) of the treatment chamber confined between the mixing device and the inner surface (la), B.