Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for separating solids and liquid components

US4278545A · kind A · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

Bendix Limited · US

Inventors

Edward F. Batutis · Phoenixville, US
Edward Rodriguez · Reading, US
Walter Kugler · Schnaittach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 12, 1979
Grant date	Jul 14, 1981
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 12, 1999

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S210/05
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for separating solids and liquid components of different densities from a fluid mixture or emulsion. The apparatus is comprised of a stack of vertically disposed spaced plates that are positioned within a container and between an inlet and an outlet. The plates are corrugated and the fluid mixture flows from the inlet, and through the stack, parallel to the corrugations, whereby the solids in the mixture drop through to the bottom of the plates, and the light density liquid components flow up toward the top of the stack, while the heavy density liquid components pass through the lower portion of the stack and out towards the outlet.

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