The rehabilitation ol' thc Xinavane sugar factory in Mozambique necessitated a redesign of the evaporator station. The particular arrangement at Xinavane proved to be extremely sensitive to changes i n operating parametcrs. Using this evaporator station as an example, the concept of design robustness (suitability under a range of operating conditions) is introduccd. A rigorous evaporator simula...

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