Norbert Rillieux (1806-1894), widely considered to be one of the earliest chemical engineers, revolutionized sugar processing with the invention of the multiple effect evaporator under vacuum.

Various evaporation techniques are used to concentrate fluids in wide ranging industries including dairy, food, pharmaceutical and chemical. The reason for evaporation or distillation may be to ...

THE first meeting of the session of the Newcomen Society was held on October 8. Two papers were read, the first by Messrs. N. Deerr and A. Brooks dealing with the “Development of Evaporation in the ...

Oh, the questions Kathe Hambrick would ask Norbert Rillieux. In the 19th century, the chemical engineer invented a device to crystallize sugar. His multiple-effect evaporator pumps steam back into the ...