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Hydrocyclone plant

US5337899A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 5, 1993
Grant dateAug 16, 1994
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Expiry dateMay 5, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21D5/24
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A hydrocyclone plant comprises a multiplicity of hydrocyclones arranged in groups of at least two hydrocyclones, each group being made in a single piece. The hydrocyclones extend substantially radially in an annular space for a liquid mixture to be separated. The inlet space extends concentrically around a cylindrical heavy fraction space for receiving a heavy fraction of the liquid mixture from the hydrocyclones. According to the invention, the hydrocyclone groups are distributed around the cylindrical heavy fraction space in the circumferential direction and are spaced from one another in the inlet space to allow the liquid mixture to flow between adjacent hydrocyclone groups.

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