equilibrium flash vaporization

equilibrium flash vaporization

[‚ē·kwə′lib·rē·əm ′flash ‚vā·pə·rə′zā·shən] (chemical engineering) Process in which a continuous liquid-mixture feed stream is partly vaporized in a column or vessel, with continuous withdrawal of vapor and liquid portions, the vapor and liquid in equilibrium. Also known as continuous equilibrium vaporization; equilibrium distillation; flash distillation; simple continuous distillation.