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Advanced liquid vortex separation system

  • US 7,169,305 B2
  • Filed: 11/26/2002
  • Issued: 01/30/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A liquid vortex separator including a vortex tube with a feed end and an outlet end, an impeller in the feed end to impart a rotational motion to liquid within the tube, a feed inlet adjacent to the feed end, a separating cone at the outlet end, an annular collecting ring in the separating cone, a heavy solids outlet from the separating cone and a liquid discharge pipe extending axially from the separating cone, characterised by a feed cylinder of larger diameter than the vortex tube at the feed end, the feed cylinder being connected to the vortex tube by a reducing cone and the impeller and the feed inlet being in the feed cylinder.

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