Patent ID: 6063019
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: B01D,B04B,Y10S

Abstract:
A centrifuge including a non-rotatable containment vessel (4), a rotatable centrifuge tube (12) within said vessel, an inlet assembly (7) for dirty gas, an outlet assembly (10) for clean gas, and an outlet assembly (9) for dirty gas, said inlet assembly (7) and said outlet assembly (9) being located in close mutual proximity and at or towards one end of said centrifuge tube (12), the outlet assembly (10) being located at the opposite end of said centrifuge tube (12), the flow of gas entering the centrifuge tube (12) being reversed within said centrifuge tube so as to increase the residence time of the dirty gas within said centrifuge tube, characterised in that said centrifuge tube (12) incorporates a high speed disc alternator (44) and alternator cooling air compressors (45), and in that said inlet assembly (7) and said outlet assemblies (9,10) are split at various locations along their lengths and at right angles to their axes.