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Norbert Rillieux ( March 17, 1806 – October 8, 1894 ), a Creole American inventor and engineer, is most noted for his invention of the multiple-effect evaporator, an energy-efficient means of evaporating water.
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Norbert Rillieux was born into a prominent Creole family in New Orleans, Louisiana.
As a Creole, Norbert Rillieux had access to education and privileges not available to lower-status free blacks or slaves.
While in France, Norbert Rillieux started researching ways to improve the process of sugar refining.
In spite of the failure of the collaboration, Norbert Rillieux remained focused on improving the sugar refining process, developing his machine between 1834 and 1843, when he patented it.
Several years after patenting the system, Norbert Rillieux successfully installed it at Theodore Packwood's Myrtle Grove plantation.
After these successes, Norbert Rillieux managed to convince 13 Louisiana sugar factories to use his invention.
Norbert Rillieux returned to France in the late 1850s, a few years before the start of the American Civil War.
Norbert Rillieux died on October 8, 1894 at the age of 88.
In his honor, a bronze memorial was erected in the Louisana State Museum with the inscription: " To honor Norbert Rillieux, born at New Orleans, Louisiana, March 18, 1806 and died at Paris, France, October 8, 1894.
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The multiple-effect evaporator was invented by American inventor and engineer Norbert Rillieux.
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