Grainer evaporation process
- Grainer evaporation process
The Grainer evaporation process is a method of producing salt.
This method uses shallow open pans with steam-heated immersion coils to evaporate the brine into salt.
Sometimes it is paired with a partial-vacuum, to speed evaporation.
Compare Alberger process
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