Centrifugal filter apparatus
US4975188A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 27, 1989 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D33/801
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A rotating filter apparatus (10) has a stack of porous filter disks (22) attached to a vertical, rotatable hollow shaft (24) and located within a chamber (32), the shaft (24) having a plurality of openings (26) therein to the hollow bore of the shaft (24). Unfiltered fluid is introduced to the chamber (32) under pressure in a tangential entry port (34) in the same direction as disk (22) rotation. Clarified fluid passes through the disks (22) to form a filtrate that flows down the shaft (24), while the unfiltered fluid and the solid particles, or sludge, descend in the chamber (32) to a tapered section (18). Non-fluid transfer and fluid transfer seal assemblies (14, 20) comprise bearings (54, 102, 108), seals, and associated parts upon which the shaft is properly aligned, balanced, and centered. The seal assemblies (14, 20) include seals positioned about the shaft (24) to form a boundary that isolates the bearings (54, 102, 108) from the unfiltered fluid or filtrate. A seal seal coolant is circulated within the non-fluid and fluid transmitting seal assemblies (14, 20) against the seals on the side of boundary opposing the unfiltered fluid, and the pressure of the coolant is maintain…
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