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Waste Heat Evaporators – Turn Unused Dryer Exhaust into Profit

Maximize energy efficiency with smart heat recovery.
Designed for flexibility, durability, and long-term performance.

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Why choose a Waste Heat Evaporator?

Waste Heat Evaporators (WHE) capture and reuse energy that would otherwise be lost, turning waste into value for your plant.

  • Harnesses unused dryer exhaust for additional processing

  • Concentrates non-usable liquid streams into valuable by-products

  • Reduces disposal volumes, cutting waste management costs

  • Produces clean condensate requiring little or no treatment

  • Proven to generate new revenue streams and increase plant efficiency

How does a Waste Heat Evaporator work?

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Flexible Operation

  • Can be configured to use auxiliary steam heating for additional capacity

  • Option to run on steam alone for processing other plant waste streams

  • Hybrid Waste Heat/Steam designs available for poor steam quality

  • Not designed for food-grade products, but ideal for industrial recovery and by-product concentration

Applications of a Waste Heat evaporator

  • Juice processing plants

  • Industrial dryers with high exhaust losses

  • Operations seeking to reduce disposal costs

  • Plants looking for additional by-product revenue

Engineered for Maximum Efficiency

CONSTRUCTION

  • Designed and Manufactured by Cook Manufacturing 

  • Food-grade Stainless Steel (304/316)

  • Designed for ease of cleaning

  • Manufactured in house and shipped as pre-assembled towers to the plant

PERFORMANCE

  • Capable of evaporating with unstable steam conditions

  • ​Can run long periods of time without downtime

  • Can be cleaned in place without taking anything apart

  • Condensate is clean enough to drain with little to no processing

RELIABILITY

  • 50+ years in the industry

  • Successful installations worldwide

  • Evaporators still running after 20+ years

  • Happy customers globally

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Let's Build Your Next Evaporator Together

Cook Manufacturing has been trusted by juice, tea, and waste processors worldwide for 50+ years. Let us help design the right solution for your plant.

Cook Manufacturing Group – Industry-leading concentration systems since 1970

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