%0 Journal Article %A Whalley, P. B. %A Hewitt, Geoffrey F. %D 1986 %I Begell House %N 1-4 %P 275-331 %R 10.1615/MultScienTechn.v2.i1-4.40 %T REBOILERS %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/5af8c23d50e0a883,3521be756e91e9f3,100e343b17bf708c.html %V 2 %X This contribution describes the main types of reboilers used in the process industry and suggests some rules by which the type of reboiler for a particular duty can be selected. Also, a survey of the main design problems encountered with reboilers is discussed, that is, two-phase pressure drop, boiling heat transfer, critical heat flux and instability. %8 1986-11-01