Patent ID: 8961381
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B04B

Abstract:
1. A dual feed centrifuge system for separating solids from fluids in a drilling mud, the centrifuge system comprising: a bowl having a bowl section and a conical section; a screw conveyor rotatably mounted within the bowl; a first feed pipe mounted within the screw conveyor for feeding a drilling mud through a first feed port in a wall of the screw conveyor to a first annular space between the bowl and the wall of the screw conveyor, wherein the first feed port is located approximately midway axially along the conical section; and a second feed pipe mounted within the screw conveyor for feeding a drilling mud through a second feed port in the wall of the screw conveyor to a second annular space between the bowl and the wall of the screw conveyor, wherein the second feed port is located approximately midway axially along the bowl section.