Patent ID: 7223348
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. Method for separating a disperse mixture of two non-miscible liquids, comprising the steps of: a) providing a tank having an elongated horizontal extension terminated by two end faces, b) creating within said tank a first layer formed by a volume of one of said two liquids and a second layer formed by a volume of the other said two liquids with an interface between the first and the second layers, c) supplying a flow of said disperse mixture into the tank through an inlet opening from one of said end faces thereof directly into said interface and separately draining liquid of the first layer at a level below said interface and liquid of the of second layer at a level above said interface; and d) keeping the disperse mixture around the level of said interface between the first and the second layers by providing a plurality of upper and lower guiding plates alternately mounted above and below the level of the inlet opening along the elongated horizontal extension of the tank, wherein the uppermost edge of each respective upper guiding plate is closer to said end face having said inlet opening than the corresponding lowermost edge of that plate, and the lowermost edge of each respective lower guiding plate is closer to said end face having said inlet opening than the corresponding uppermost edge of the plate.