Separator employing an annular vertical feedwell with associated concentric annular baffle plate and method of using same to separate solids from liquids
US4278541A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 2, 1979 |
| Grant date | Jul 14, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D21/302
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A sedimentation apparatus or clarifier or thickener is advantageously provided with an annular feedwell and associated annular concentric baffle plate to better enable suspended solid materials to be separated from liquids at high throughputs.
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