US3250463A - Self-opening centrifugal separator - Google Patents

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US3250463A
US3250463A US253395A US25339563A US3250463A US 3250463 A US3250463 A US 3250463A US 253395 A US253395 A US 253395A US 25339563 A US25339563 A US 25339563A US 3250463 A US3250463 A US 3250463A
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Thylefors Henric Wilhelm
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    • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
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    • B04B1/00—Centrifuges with rotary bowls provided with solid jackets for separating predominantly liquid mixtures with or without solid particles
    • B04B1/10—Centrifuges with rotary bowls provided with solid jackets for separating predominantly liquid mixtures with or without solid particles with discharging outlets in the plane of the maximum diameter of the bowl
    • B04B1/14—Centrifuges with rotary bowls provided with solid jackets for separating predominantly liquid mixtures with or without solid particles with discharging outlets in the plane of the maximum diameter of the bowl with periodical discharge
    • B04B1/16—Centrifuges with rotary bowls provided with solid jackets for separating predominantly liquid mixtures with or without solid particles with discharging outlets in the plane of the maximum diameter of the bowl with periodical discharge with discharging outlets controlled by the rotational speed of the bowl
    • B04B1/18—Centrifuges with rotary bowls provided with solid jackets for separating predominantly liquid mixtures with or without solid particles with discharging outlets in the plane of the maximum diameter of the bowl with periodical discharge with discharging outlets controlled by the rotational speed of the bowl controlled by the centrifugal force of an auxiliary liquid

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  • the present invention relates to self-opening centrifugal separators of the type in which the opening and closing movements of the valve slide are controlled by means of an operating liquid and wherein at least one of the sliding surfaces of the valve slide is sealed against the rest of the rotor by a gasket.
  • the invention has particular reference to an improved separator of this type and a method of operating it.
  • this drawback is eliminated in that, while the separator is in operation, a liquid is fed radially to the inner side of the gasket before the valve slide is closed, thereby increasing the sealing pressure of the gasket. Due to the action of the centrifugal force on the liquid thus supplied, this liquid will exert the required sealing pressure on the gasket.
  • the inner side of the slide valve gasket communicates radially inward with a lquid supply chamber in the rotor, and a device is provided for supplying a liquid to this chamber while the separator is in operation and before the valve slide closes.
  • the chamber is preferably closed for a certain distance inward from the inside of the gasket, that is, it is free from drain outlets or the like, so that liquid remaining in the chamber exerts a pressure on the gasket even after the valve slide has opened.
  • the invention is applicable to gaskets on the outer sliding surface of the valve slide, it is particularly useful in connection with gaskets on the inner sliding surface of the valve slide. In the latter case, it is possible to apply the pressure liquid to a plurality of gaskets spaced axially from each other on the same sliding surface of the valve slide.
  • valve operating liquid and the liquid producing the sealing pressure on the valve gasket may be fed to the rotor by means of separate devices.
  • the same liquid such as water
  • This chamber may communicate by way of a level-maintaining outlet (such as a paring member but preferably a simple overflow outlet) with the chamber from which the operating liquid controls the opening and closing movements of the valve slide.
  • reference numeral 1 deginates the 3,250,463 Patented May 10, 1966 rotor body proper and reference numeral 2 designates the appurtenant cover which is secured to the rotor body by means of a locking ring 3.
  • the rotor body is carried by a driving shaft 4.
  • the sludge-containing liquid is fed through the usual distributor 5 into the separating space 19 containing a set of conical discs 6.
  • Sludge is periodically discharged through openings 7 in the wall of the rotor body.
  • An annular valve slide 8 opens and closes thoses openings.
  • the valve slide is operated by means of a liquid which is fed to a chamber 10 by generally radial channels 9, chamber 10 being provided with radial drainage channels 11.
  • Annular gaskets 12 and 12a are fitted in circular grooves in the rotor body, these grooves being concentric to the shaft 4.
  • the inner sides of the gaskets 12 and 12a communicate through generally radial channels 13 and 13a, respectively, with an annular recess 14 in the rotor body.
  • the recess 14 communicates with another annular recess 16 from which channels 9 extend outwardly.
  • the recess 16 is also provided with an overflow edge 17 located at a greater radius than overflow edge 15. Liquid is fed into the recess 14 by means of a stationary pipe 18.
  • Reference numeral 20 designates the inner surface of the slide 8, against which the gaskets 1212a seal.
  • the valve slide 8 While separation is in progress, the valve slide 8 is maintained closed (in its uppermost position) by supplying liquid through the pipe 18 at such a rate that the chamber 10, the channels 9, 13 and 13a as well as the recesses or chambers 14 and 16 are kept filled with liquid in spite of the discharge of liquid through the drainage outlets 11 and over the overflow outlet 17.
  • the supply of liquid to the pipe 18 is interrupted. Under the action of the centrifugal force, all the liquid contained in the recess 16, the channels 9 and the chamber 10 is ejected through the channels 11. Thus, the pressure on the underside of the valve slide 8 is released and the valve slide is pushed downward by the pressure in the rotor space 19.
  • the required sealing pressure is bulit up on the gaskets 12-12a before the liquid can flow over the overflow outlet 15 into the recess 16 and through the channels 9 to re-fill the chamber 10, as required to force the valve slide 8 upward so that the openings 7 are closed.
  • the liquid supply through the pipe 18 is thereafter kept at such a rate as to compensate for the discharge through the channels 11.
  • the sealing efiect is increased by the additional gasket 12a with appurtenant channels 13a which function in the same way as the gasket 12 and the channels 13.
  • the gaskets 12 and 12a also prevent the liquid in the chamber 10 from penetrating along valve surface 20 into the separation chamber 19. It will be apparent that the feed pipe 18 forms a'means for supplying liquid to chamber 14 while the valve slide 8 is in its opening position, so that gaskets 1212a are pressed against the slide by the liquid in the respective channels 1313a.
  • the overflow outlet 15, chamber 16 and channels 9 form means for supplying operating liquid to valve slide 8 to control its movements.
  • a self-opening centrifugal separator comprising a hollow rotor having a separating space and also having a peripheral outlet for discharging separated sludge from said space, a valve slide mounted in the rotor for movements between a position for closing said outlet and a position for opening said outlet, the slide having a surface slidable relative to the rotor, a sealing gasket in the rotor engaging said slide surface, the rotor having a chamber located between the gasket and the rotor axis and communicating with the inner side of the gasket facing said axis, the rotor also having a channel for directing an operating liquid to the valve slide, and means communicating with said chamber and channel for first supplying liquid'to said chamber while the valve slide is in its opening position and prior to movement of said slide to its closing position, to press the gasket against said surface, and then supplying liquid to said channel to move the valve slide toward its closing position.
  • a separator according to claim 1 in which the rotor has a closed channel extending generally radially outward from said chamber to said inner side of the gasket.
  • a separator according to claim 1 in which said slide surface faces the rotor axis.
  • a self-opening centrifugal separator comprising a hollow rotor having a rotor axis and a separating space and also having a peripheral outlet for discharging -the rotor for movements between a positio-nfor closing said outlet and a position for opening said outlet, the slide having a surface slidable relative to the rotor, a sealing gasket in the rotor engaging said slide surface, said gasket having an inner side facing the rotor axis, the rotor having first and second chambers located between the gasket and the rotor axis, the first chamber communicating with the inner side of the gasket which faces said axis and having a level-maintaining outlet leading to the second chamber, said second chamber communicating with the valve slide to direct operating liquid to the end of said slide remote from said outlet for closing the slide, and a device adjacent said first chamber for supplying liquid to said first chamber, to press the gasket against said slide surface, whereby the valve slide is adapted to be closed by liquid supplied from said

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US3653838A (en) * 1970-02-09 1972-04-04 Mobil Oil Corp Method for determining basicity of used oils
FR2443286A1 (fr) * 1978-12-06 1980-07-04 Kloeckner Humboldt Deutz Ag Separateur de matieres de densite differente
DE3606522C1 (de) * 1986-02-28 1987-05-21 Westfalia Separator Ag Schleudertrommel einer Zentrifuge fuer das Klaeren oder Trennen von Fluessigkeitsgemischen
WO1987007533A1 (en) * 1986-06-16 1987-12-17 Ab Kompositprodukter S.K.-F.M. A screw joint

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US1921181A (en) * 1930-06-06 1933-08-08 Fawcett Harold William Centrifugal separator
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US2178547A (en) * 1936-06-26 1939-11-07 Laval Separator Co De Centrifugal separator
US2209554A (en) * 1936-12-10 1940-07-30 Sharples Corp Centrifugal separator
GB616442A (en) * 1945-09-15 1949-01-21 Separator Ab Improvements in centrifugal separators
GB634476A (en) * 1946-12-14 1950-03-22 Separator Ab Improvements in centrifugal separators
US2688437A (en) * 1947-12-04 1954-09-07 Saint Gobain Centrifugal separator
US2749031A (en) * 1953-06-22 1956-06-05 Beloit Iron Works Separator-pumping
US2750040A (en) * 1951-12-22 1956-06-12 Western States Machine Co Centrifugal separation
US2862659A (en) * 1956-05-31 1958-12-02 Nyrop Aage Centrifugal separator
DE1091039B (de) * 1958-09-29 1960-10-13 Westfalia Separator Ag Schleudertrommel mit am Trommelumfang vorgesehenen Schlammablassoeffnungen

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US1921181A (en) * 1930-06-06 1933-08-08 Fawcett Harold William Centrifugal separator
US2104162A (en) * 1935-04-08 1938-01-04 William R Macklind Centrifugal separator
US2178547A (en) * 1936-06-26 1939-11-07 Laval Separator Co De Centrifugal separator
US2209554A (en) * 1936-12-10 1940-07-30 Sharples Corp Centrifugal separator
GB616442A (en) * 1945-09-15 1949-01-21 Separator Ab Improvements in centrifugal separators
GB634476A (en) * 1946-12-14 1950-03-22 Separator Ab Improvements in centrifugal separators
US2688437A (en) * 1947-12-04 1954-09-07 Saint Gobain Centrifugal separator
US2750040A (en) * 1951-12-22 1956-06-12 Western States Machine Co Centrifugal separation
US2749031A (en) * 1953-06-22 1956-06-05 Beloit Iron Works Separator-pumping
US2862659A (en) * 1956-05-31 1958-12-02 Nyrop Aage Centrifugal separator
DE1091039B (de) * 1958-09-29 1960-10-13 Westfalia Separator Ag Schleudertrommel mit am Trommelumfang vorgesehenen Schlammablassoeffnungen

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US3653838A (en) * 1970-02-09 1972-04-04 Mobil Oil Corp Method for determining basicity of used oils
FR2443286A1 (fr) * 1978-12-06 1980-07-04 Kloeckner Humboldt Deutz Ag Separateur de matieres de densite differente
US4288029A (en) * 1978-12-06 1981-09-08 Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz Ag Separator with pressure-responsive discharge
DE3606522C1 (de) * 1986-02-28 1987-05-21 Westfalia Separator Ag Schleudertrommel einer Zentrifuge fuer das Klaeren oder Trennen von Fluessigkeitsgemischen
US4758216A (en) * 1986-02-28 1988-07-19 Westfalia Separator Aktiengesellschaft Bowl for a centrifuge for clarifying or separating mixtures of liquids
WO1987007533A1 (en) * 1986-06-16 1987-12-17 Ab Kompositprodukter S.K.-F.M. A screw joint
US5000730A (en) * 1986-06-16 1991-03-19 Ab Kompositprodukter S.K.-F.M. Screw joint

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