US2179941A - Centrifuge for separating substances of different specific gravities - Google Patents
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Nov. 14, 1939. H. O LINDGREN 2.17 .941
v CENTRIFUGE FOR SEPARATING SUBSTANCES OF DIFFERENT S PECIFI C GRAVITIES Filed Feb. 23, 1958 #67725 o ci lo yre/j Patented Nov. 1 4, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CENTRIFUGE FOR SEPARATING SUB- STANCES OF DIFFERENT SPECIFIC GRAVITIES Hans Oloi Lindgren, Appel viken, Sweden, as-
signor'to The De Laval Separator Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation 01 New Jer- 1 Claim.
When the liquid is passing through the spaces 5 between these discs,matters are separated therefrom which have a different specific gravity than the liquid. In the case of solid matters or sludges the specific gravity is generally higher than that of the liquid, and they will therefore accumulate on the lowersides of the discs and slide alon their surfaces to a sludge chamber arranged outside the separating chamber.
When separating a liquid into two components, the heavier component of the liquid is generally discharged through channels arranged between the bowl top and a boundary wall, usually called a top disc, which separates the discharge channels from the separating chamber. In bowls of this type the top disc is usually provided with wings on its upper surface. If the liquid mixture contains solids, part of the solids, when the heavier component of the liquid is passing through the sludge chamber, is caught and carried to the above discharge channels. In some cases it is desirable that the velocity of the liquid in these channels should be. suiliciently high to enable the discharge from the bowl of as large a percentage as possible of the sludge which has been caught by the liquid in the sludge chamber. This is generally the case in so-called industrial separators intended for the purification of various kindsoi' oils. There are, however, also separating problems in connection with which it is desirable that the-heavier component of the liquid should be liberated from solid impurities as completely as possible. I
The present invention comprises, a centrifugal separator whichv is particularly suitable for the removal of solid matters from the discharging heavier component of the liquid. The invention is characterized in that the chamber above the top disc, through which the heavier component of the liquid is conducted from the sludge chamber to the outlet, is developed to a separating chamber. The figure is avertical sectional view of one embodiment of the invention.
The mixture to be separated is' fed to a central distributor i and flows through channels therein to a main or primary separating chamber containing a pile of superposed conical discs 2 spaced l a suitable distance apart. The spacing apart of the inlet holes are shown located comparatively close to the outer edge of the conical discs,an arrangement which is used when it is desired to liberate the lighter liquid component as completely as possible from solid matters and from 5 the heavier liquid component. The purified lighter liquid component is discharged through openings 3 in the top disc 4, which, as above stated, separates the discharge for the heavier liquid component from the separating chamber. The heavier liquid component separatedin the separating chamber 2 fiows outwards and thence upward into the space between the top disc and the bowl top. This space, in the embodiment of my invention illustrated, is wide enough to accommodate a number of superposed discs 5, which advantageously may have the same shape as the discs 2 in the main separating chamber. This space functions as a secondaryor auxiliary separating chamber. As the liquid moves from its outer part inward between the discs 5, it is desirable to facilitate as completely as possible the liquid flow and therefore to provide the discswith wings 9, extending from the outer edge of the discs towards their centre. Openings 6 are i provided in the bowl wall through which the sep- -arated solids can be discharged together with part of the heavier liquid component. Bowls of this type are used to advantage, for instance, in connection with separation of animal oils, such as herring and whale oil, which have been extracted by boiling and in which the oil becomes strongly mixed with residues of the cellular tissue and with .so-called glue water. Such residues, discharging with the glue water, have not in the past beenfleemed of much value. More recently, however, conditions have changed and it is now deemed desirable to extract as large an amount as possible of the solid matters. It is therefore desirable to prevent the escape of any considerable proportion of solids through the outlet for the heavier liquid. This is accom-v plished according to the invention by means-of the discs 5 arranged in the discharge -channel.'
- In order that the products discharging through the openings 6 shall have as high a content of solids as possible it may be advantageous to introduce a liquid containing previously separated solids into the sludge chamber in the neighborhood of the openings 6. In the drawing such channels I are provided. for the introduction of the discs, which determines the thickness of the* such a concentrate into the lower part of the separating layers thus formed, varies according to the mixture to be separated, and is generally on the order of from 0.5 to 3.0 mm. In the figure bowl. The concentrate may be supplied through a tube 8, but it is of course also possible to supply the concentrate in other ways. In such a 55 solidly joined, united or adherent agglomerates.
Generally the union is suillciently strong not to be broken when they are brought from the sludge chamber to the discs Ii by the heavier component of the liquid. When such liquid is fed in between the discs 5 an easily separable agglomerate is thus obtained, which is not the case if the liquid were fed into an ordinary separator bowl, because the agglomerate is then to a great extent split up at the inlet, It is thus possible to secure a' higher capacity and greater efllciency in the upper separating chamber of a bowl em bodying my-invention than in an individual bowl provided with the same number of discs 01' the same size.
What Iclaim'an'd desire to protect by Letters Patent is:
A centrifugal separator for treating a mixture of constituents of three diiierent speciiic gravities to eilect a comparatively clean primary separation of lighter constituent and a less thorough separation oi the heaviest constituent from the constituent of intermediate specific .gravity, which comprises a rotatable bowl enclosing the separating chamber and having upper and lower walls converging toward a peripheral outlet, a top disc provided with a neck up inside of which the separated lighter liquid outflows, a lower set of discs below the top disc, means to feed the mixture to be separated to the lower part of the separating chamber, and an upper set of discs in the space between the top disc and the upper bowl wall, said space having at its inner end an outlet for the constituent of intermediate specific gravity, all said discs extending substantially parallel to the upper bowl wall and the spaces between them opening freely into an open outer separating space of substantial radial width between the outer edges of the discs and the peripheral outlet, thereby providing a separating zone for the primary separation 01' the lighter constituent including the spaces between the lowerdiscs and said open space and a zone for secondary separation of the two heavier ingredients including the spaces between the upper discs and said open spaces.
HANS QIOF LJNDGREN. 3
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US2478992A (en) * | 1946-08-10 | 1949-08-16 | Laval Separator Co De | Centrifugal bowl |
US2500100A (en) * | 1946-08-10 | 1950-03-07 | Laval Separator Co De | Centrifugal bowl |
US2510498A (en) * | 1946-07-03 | 1950-06-06 | Alfa Laval Soc | Continuous rapid beer oxidizing and clarifying method |
US2578485A (en) * | 1947-05-05 | 1951-12-11 | Nyrop Aage | Centrifugal separation |
US2917230A (en) * | 1955-01-24 | 1959-12-15 | Westfalia Separator Ag | Centrifugal separator having an auxiliary liquid feeding device |
US2973896A (en) * | 1956-01-19 | 1961-03-07 | Dorr Oliver Inc | Centrifuge apparatus |
US3047214A (en) * | 1958-04-23 | 1962-07-31 | Sharples Corp | Centrifugal process and apparatus |
US3111490A (en) * | 1959-12-21 | 1963-11-19 | Dorr Oliver Inc | Centrifuge machine |
US3117928A (en) * | 1960-04-22 | 1964-01-14 | Separator Ab | Centrifugal separator |
US3484040A (en) * | 1966-12-21 | 1969-12-16 | Dorr Oliver Inc | Multiple chamber centrifuge |
US4036427A (en) * | 1975-06-06 | 1977-07-19 | Kobe, Inc. | Combination pitot pump and centrifugal separator |
US4311585A (en) * | 1979-02-19 | 1982-01-19 | Egberg Patents (Pty.) Limited | Classification of particulate material |
US4350284A (en) * | 1979-09-28 | 1982-09-21 | Gambro Dialysatoren Kg | Transferring means for use in a device for separating liquids |
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US2510498A (en) * | 1946-07-03 | 1950-06-06 | Alfa Laval Soc | Continuous rapid beer oxidizing and clarifying method |
US2478992A (en) * | 1946-08-10 | 1949-08-16 | Laval Separator Co De | Centrifugal bowl |
US2500100A (en) * | 1946-08-10 | 1950-03-07 | Laval Separator Co De | Centrifugal bowl |
US2578485A (en) * | 1947-05-05 | 1951-12-11 | Nyrop Aage | Centrifugal separation |
US2917230A (en) * | 1955-01-24 | 1959-12-15 | Westfalia Separator Ag | Centrifugal separator having an auxiliary liquid feeding device |
US2973896A (en) * | 1956-01-19 | 1961-03-07 | Dorr Oliver Inc | Centrifuge apparatus |
US3047214A (en) * | 1958-04-23 | 1962-07-31 | Sharples Corp | Centrifugal process and apparatus |
US3111490A (en) * | 1959-12-21 | 1963-11-19 | Dorr Oliver Inc | Centrifuge machine |
US3117928A (en) * | 1960-04-22 | 1964-01-14 | Separator Ab | Centrifugal separator |
US3484040A (en) * | 1966-12-21 | 1969-12-16 | Dorr Oliver Inc | Multiple chamber centrifuge |
US4036427A (en) * | 1975-06-06 | 1977-07-19 | Kobe, Inc. | Combination pitot pump and centrifugal separator |
US4311585A (en) * | 1979-02-19 | 1982-01-19 | Egberg Patents (Pty.) Limited | Classification of particulate material |
US4350284A (en) * | 1979-09-28 | 1982-09-21 | Gambro Dialysatoren Kg | Transferring means for use in a device for separating liquids |
WO2019175079A1 (en) * | 2018-03-12 | 2019-09-19 | Hengst Se | Centrifugal separator for the separation of oil droplets from the crankcase ventilation gas of an internal combustion engine |
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