Evaporator (disambiguation)

An evaporator is a device which turns the liquid form of a substance into its gaseous or vapour form. This is a widely used process and there are many applications for it.

Fundamental chemical production processes:
 * Vacuum evaporation
 * Flash evaporation
 * Multi-effect distillation

Mechanisms for performing evaporation:
 * Rotary evaporator, a vacuum evaporator, typically used in chemistry laboratories
 * Centrifugal evaporator
 * Circulation evaporator
 * Rising film evaporator
 * Falling film evaporator
 * Climbing and falling film plate evaporator
 * Multiple-effect evaporator
 * Vapor-compression evaporation

Air conditioning:
 * Evaporative cooler, simple unpowered cooling
 * Evaporative cooling chambers, an application thereof
 * Spray pond, large scale external cooling

Refrigeration:
 * Vapor-compression refrigeration, the common motor-driven form of refrigerator, where the evaporator forms the 'cold plate' within the refrigerator
 * Absorption refrigerator, a refrigerator powered by a heat source, also with an evaporator as the cold plate

Production of potable drinking water and boiler feedwater at sea or on arid coasts:
 * Evaporator (marine)
 * Chaplin's patent distilling apparatus
 * Vapor-compression desalination
 * Multi-stage flash distillation