Patent ID: 6436298
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: B01D,B04C,C10G

Abstract:
An apparatus for separating a mixture of a less dense liquid component and a more dense liquid component comprising: a vessel (1) having a vertical axis, an annular inlet (5) for the mixture in the bottom of the vessel and opening upwardly, the inlet being provided with means (4) for causing the mixture to swirl about the vertical axis as it leaves the inlet, a first outlet (8) at the center of the annular inlet for the discharge of primarily the less dense liquid component which has been drawn down inside a vortex created by the swirling liquid, and a second outlet (10) towards the bottom of the vessel and spaced from the first outlet for the discharge primarily of the more dense liquid component which has been forced away from the vertical axis of the vessel by the centrifugal forces of the swirling liquid.