Centrifugal separator
US4647279A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 18, 1985 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB04B2005/045
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A centrifugal separator comprising a circular centrifuge separation channel having an inlet for receiving a liquid to be separated and an outlet for providing components of the liquid in separated layers at different radial locations, a collection chamber for receiving the separated layers, the chamber having first, second and third outlets in the collection chamber for removing components at different radial locations in the chamber, the first and second collection tubes being joined together so that the combined flow of the two tubes flows in a combined collection tube, and pumps connected to receive liquid streams from the combined collection tube and the third collection tube, the pumps being located externally of, and not rotating with, the channel and collection chamber.
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