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Separating liquids

US4995989A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 1989
Grant dateFeb 26, 1991
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB04C7/00
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Apparatus (100) for separating components of a liquid mixture such as oil from water. The apparatus comprises a cyclonic device (110) and a separating device (150). The cyclonic device has a tangential inlet (112) for inlet of the mixture, an elongate chamber (114) in which, in use, the admitted mixture is subjected to contrifugal action and an outlet (116) from the components of the mixture are in use together taken. The separating device (150) may be a conventional cyclone separator having a separating chamber (154), with an inlet (152) coupled to in use receive the components from the outlet of the cyclonic device (110) for admission to the separating chamber (154), and separate outlets (156, 158) from the separating chamber (154) for respective outlet therefrom of th separated liquid components.

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