US2633294A - Method and apparatus for centrifugal separation - Google Patents

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US2633294A
US2633294A US104276A US10427649A US2633294A US 2633294 A US2633294 A US 2633294A US 104276 A US104276 A US 104276A US 10427649 A US10427649 A US 10427649A US 2633294 A US2633294 A US 2633294A
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    • B04B1/00—Centrifuges with rotary bowls provided with solid jackets for separating predominantly liquid mixtures with or without solid particles
    • B04B1/04—Centrifuges with rotary bowls provided with solid jackets for separating predominantly liquid mixtures with or without solid particles with inserted separating walls
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  • This invention relates to the centrifugal separation of a mixture of two liquids, and more particularly to an improved method and apparatus for this purpose by which the boundary surface between the two liquid components in the centrifugal separating chamber can be fixed.
  • the two liquids are generally discharged continuously and separately over respective level outlets in the region of the rotation axis of the bowl.
  • the centrifugal bowl When it is desired to separate the heavier liquid as completely as possible from the lighter one, the centrifugal bowl must work at the maximum separating efficiency, and for this purpose the outlet levels must be so arranged that the boundary surface between the lighter and the heavier liquid in the bowl is positioned at the greatest possible diameter.
  • the latter In order to insure high separating efficiency of the bowl, the latter is generally provided with a set of conical discs between which thin liquid layers are formed, the separation of the liquid components of different specific gravities taking place in these layers.
  • the boundary surface between the liquids should be positioned close to the transition zone between the conical parts of the discs and the usual outer reenforcement flanges.
  • the boundary surface is often displaced during operation, owing to fluctuations in the specific gravities of the liquids.
  • experience has shown that, when the boundary surface is displaced outwardly and is even very slightly outside the flanges of the discs, the separation of solid impurities decreases suddenly.
  • boundary surface it is also undesirable for the boundary surface to be displaced inwardly and reach the conical portions of the discs, because this would entail a reduction of the separating efiiciency of the bowl. It is therefore very important that the boundary surface be maintained at a cersurface can be maintained in the desired fixed position during the separating operation.
  • the boundary surface between the separated liquids in the bowl is held at a given radius by discharging the heavier liquid component from the separating chamber through a channel (or a system of channels), the inlet orifice of which forms a level outlet on the radius where the boundary surface is to be situated, and which extends first outwardly toward the outer wall of the bowl and then inwardly as far as the normal outlet for the heavier component.
  • a second boundary surface is formed which lies outside the boundary surface in the discs and which may be displaced within certain limits under the influence of fluctuations in the specific gravities of the liquids.
  • the boundary surface in the set of discs will therefore, according to the invention, have a predetermined fixed position which is independent of any fluctuations in the specific gravities of the liquid, whereas the displacements of the boundary surface in the channel for the heavier liquid will be dependent upon fluctuations in the specific gravities.
  • This movable boundary surface may be regulated in the ordinary manner by means of exchangeable regulating discs having different outlet diameters, or by adjusting a valve in one of the discharge pipes when airtight centrifuges are used.
  • the liquid to be separated is fed through holes I into a set of discs 2 in the separating chamber of a centrifugal bowl 3.
  • the uppermost disc of the set is a top disc 4 which extends somewhat outside the other discs and forms a liquid seal in the ordinary manner.
  • Between the top disc 4 and the shell or top 50f the bowl is a discharge channel or a system of discharge channels It for the heavier liquid component.
  • the inlet orifice of each channel 6 is not, as in ordinary constructions, positioned at the radius (from the rotation axis A of the separating chamber) to which the top disc 4 extends.
  • each channel 6 returns inwardly from its outermost portion 8 and has its inlet orifice located inside the discs at the radius at which the boundary surface is to be fixed.
  • the inlet orifice of each channel 6 forms a level overflow 1 for the heavier liquid component.
  • a boundary layer It is formed in the channel part 9 during the separating operation, the radial position of the boundary surface it being dependent upon the differences between the specific gravities of the liquids.
  • This boundary layer 10 is displaced inwardly or outwardly as the specific gravity of one or both liquids undergoes a change.
  • a removable and exchangeable regulating device or disc H is provided at the outlet orifice of each channel 6, this outlet orifice being located inwardly from the boundary surface l2 in the separating chamber.
  • the level overfiow, l which determines the radial position of the boundary surface 52 in the set of discs, is defined .partly by a recessed portion of the top disc forming the channel part 9, and partly by a frusto-conical shield or plate i3 secured to the peripheral portion of the top disc and covering the channel part 9.
  • the radial dimension of the plate 43 determines the radial position of the level overflow 1 for the heavier liquid
  • the top disc 4, the bowl top and the plate 13 constitute means defining the level overflow outlet i and the passage 9-6 for leading the heavier component first outwardly from the overflow 7 and then inwardly for final discharge over the disc H.
  • the lighter liquid separated between the discs flows inwardly to passages it within the neck of the top disc A and is discharged from these passages through openings It.
  • the new construction makes it possible to fix the boundary surface ii in the set of discs, so that it remains at the radius of the level overflow 1 independently of fluctuations, within certain limits, in the specific gravities of the liquids.
  • a regulating disc such as the disc i i, with a certain discharge diameter must be chosen, which determines the discharge of one of the separated liquid components from the centrifugal separaton-
  • the boundary level is easily displaced sothat it lies, for instance, outside the peripheral flanges of the conical discs.
  • An important advantage of the present invention resides in the fact that it always insures that sludge outside the disc set has no opportunity to contaminate the liquid which has already been purified between the discs.
  • a separator made and operated according to the invention is relatively insensitive to variations in the specific gravity of the liquids and to other variations occurring during the separating operation. In other words, such a separator has a fairly wide regulation range, so that it is no longer necessary, as has heretofore been the case, to make a careful choice of the regulation disc (such as the disc H), since the same disc can be used within a relatively large range of variations of the liquids specific gravities without impairing the separating efficiency.
  • the method which comprises dividing the mixture in said chamber into a series of superimposed thin layers each having its outer edge directly overlying the outer edge of the next lower layer, thereby facilitating centrifugal separation of said heavy and light liquids in the chamber, discharging the heavy liquid from thechamber over a level overfiow positioned at the boundary surface between the separated liquids in said layers, said surface and overflow being at a smaller radius than said edges from the chamber rotation axis, whereby the edges of said layers extend uniformly into the body of heavy liquid outside said surface to form a liquid seal at the outer portion of each layer, leading the heavy liquid from said overflow outwardly away from said axis and said overflow to a region located outwardly from said boundary surface, then leading the heavy liquid from said region toward said axis for final discharge at a region located inwardly from said boundary surface,
  • a centrifugal bow-l having a separating chamher and a set of superimposed conical discs in said chamber, the discs forming thin interspaces in which the mixture is separated into relatively heavy and light liquids, means in the bowl defining a level overflow outlet from the chamber located at the same radial distance from the rotation axis of the chamber as the outer portions of said discs, said outlet lying at the boundany surface between the separated liquids, each disc having its outer edge directly overlying the outer edge of the next lower disc and at a substantially greater radius than the maximum radius of said outlet, whereby said outer portions of the discs extend uniformly into and are sealed by the body of separated heavy liquid lying outside said surface, said means also defining a heavy liquid discharge passage leading first out- Number wardly away from said level overflow outlet and 1,688,838 then inwardly toward said axis. 1,917,422 TRYGGVE T. RAMQVIST. 2,26

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US1026271A (en) * 1911-10-10 1912-05-14 George M Lesher Centrifugal separator.
GB276268A (en) * 1927-04-07 1927-08-25 British Separators Ltd Improvements in or relating to centrifugal separating apparatus
US1688838A (en) * 1925-12-29 1928-10-23 Svensson Karl Johan Drum for centrifugal separating apparatus
US1917422A (en) * 1931-02-09 1933-07-11 Laval Separator Co De Arrangement in connection with centrifugal bowls
US2261724A (en) * 1938-05-17 1941-11-04 Separator Nobel Ab Process for dewaxing hydrocarbon oils
US2266553A (en) * 1938-12-02 1941-12-16 Sharples Corp Process of dewaxing hydrocarbon oils
US2325871A (en) * 1940-06-07 1943-08-03 Montgomery Ward & Co Inc Cream separator or the like
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US1026271A (en) * 1911-10-10 1912-05-14 George M Lesher Centrifugal separator.
US1688838A (en) * 1925-12-29 1928-10-23 Svensson Karl Johan Drum for centrifugal separating apparatus
GB276268A (en) * 1927-04-07 1927-08-25 British Separators Ltd Improvements in or relating to centrifugal separating apparatus
US1917422A (en) * 1931-02-09 1933-07-11 Laval Separator Co De Arrangement in connection with centrifugal bowls
US2261724A (en) * 1938-05-17 1941-11-04 Separator Nobel Ab Process for dewaxing hydrocarbon oils
US2266553A (en) * 1938-12-02 1941-12-16 Sharples Corp Process of dewaxing hydrocarbon oils
US2325871A (en) * 1940-06-07 1943-08-03 Montgomery Ward & Co Inc Cream separator or the like
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