Three chamber vessel for hydrocyclone separator
US5194150A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 1, 1991 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB04C5/28
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention provides a highly space efficient solution to designing hydrocyclone vessels and the liners that are used therein. Moreover, the invention reduces the maintenance requirements for the vessels by providing the liners as units which are preassembled outside the vessel and installed in and out of the vessel without bolts or other minimally detailed process. The invention primarily includes a three chamber vessel wherein the inlet chamber is between the outlet and reject chambers. Therefore the inlet to the liners is between the plates dividing the chamber into separate chambers and the outlets from the liners extend straight into the end chambers. This avoids having to provide conduits from the reject end of the liner to a reject gallery in the plate or outside the vessel. Secondly, the design incorporated a no bolt design to secure the involute inlet into the liner and secure the liner into the opening in the plate. The reject plug at the reject end of the liner includes a shoulder portion which is particularly designed to stop the rotation of the liner by contacting the wall of the vessel and by contacting one another.
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