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Method for processing a flowable product by electrically charging particles in the flowable product and a disc stack of a centrifuge

US11660612B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

GEA Mechanical Equipment GmbH · DE

Inventors

Wilfried Mackel · Oelde, DE
Klaus-Peter Eickhoff · Rheda-Wiedenbrück, DE
Marc Kellens · Muizen, BE
Knud Schoeneberg · Stade, DE
Detlef Ullmann · Oelde, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	May 30, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 21, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB04B11/02
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for processing a flowable product using a centrifuge includes pretreating the flowable product so that particles in the flowable product are increasingly attracted by electrically charged components, feeding the flowable product into the disc stack, generating an electric charge on the discs of the disc stack, and separating the charged particles from the flowable product within the disc stack under the influence of electrostatic attractive forces and a centrifugal field.

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