Patent ID: 8033399

Claim:
A centrifugal separator comprising: (a) an inlet channel for a flow S containing coarse and fine particles, (b) a first outlet channel for a flow containing predominantly coarse particles, (c) a second outlet channel for a flow containing predominantly fine particles, and (d) a separator chamber with at least one separator device, wherein the separator chamber connects the inlet channel to the first outlet channel and to the second outlet channel, and wherein the inlet channel, the separator chamber, and the two outlet channels form a flow path, wherein, as a first separator device, one or more separator pockets each comprising a rear wall and at least one side wall are arranged in the separator chamber, which project into the flow path and wherein due to the separator pockets a first part flow S 1 of the flow S is deflected and decelerated, wherein the twist of the first part flow S 1 is reduced, causing the coarse particles to fall out of the flow and a remaining part flow S 2 to flow radially into the interior of the centrifugal separator such that the flow S 2 crosses the deflected flow S 1 .