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Fully jacketed screw centrifuge having an overflow weir

US9333514B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

GEA Mechanical Equipment GmbH · DE

Inventors

Stefan Terholsen · Oelde, DE
Jürgen Hermeler · Haltern, DE
Ludger Horstkötter · Ennigerloh, DE
Kathrin QUITER · Drensteinfurt, DE
Jürgen Teigeler · Oelde, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 25, 2011
Grant date	May 10, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 11, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB04B2001/2083
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A solid-wall screw centrifuge includes a discharge for discharging a clarified liquid from a drum of the centrifuge. The drum includes a passage in a drum cover associated with a weir plate. The passage, drum cover, and weir plate form an overflow weir on a radial inner edge. A deflecting device is arranged on an outside on the drum cover, the deflecting device is arranged such that an exiting fluid flow from the centrifuge is one of deflected in the circumferential direction and subjected to a twist in the circumferential direction.

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