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Method for discharging a heavier liquid phase by adjusting a discharge radius based on a viscosity of the heavier liquid phase

US9561513B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

GEA Mechanical Equipment GmbH · DE

Inventors

Wilfried Mackel · Oelde, DE
Klaus-Peter Eickhoff · Rheda-Wiedenbrück, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 2011
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 7, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC11B3/16
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for the continuous processing of a product such as a vegetable or animal oil or fat. The processing occurs via a separation into two liquid phases and a solid phase. The method step includes processing the product, the processing occurring in a centrifuge arranged as a separator, the separator including a rotatable drum, a disk stack having risers arranged in the drum, a product feed having a feed tube, a first separator disk to discharge a lighter liquid phase from the drum, a second separator disk to discharge a heavier liquid phase from the drum, and a solids discharge opening to discharge a solids phase from the drum. A separation zone is formed between the lighter phase and the heavier phase in the separator.

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