Gea Mechanical Equipment Gmbh

Klaus-Peter Eickhoff

Wilfried Mackel

Marc Kellens

Detlef Ullmann

Knud Schöneberg

Knud Schoeneberg

A method for processing a flowable product using a centrifuge includes pretreating the flowable product so that particles in the flowable product are increasingly attracted by electrically charged components, feeding the flowable product into the disc stack, generating an electric charge on the discs of the disc stack, and separating the charged particles from the flowable product within the disc stack under the influence of electrostatic attractive forces and a centrifugal field.

Method for processing a flowable product by electrically charging particles in the flowable product and a disc stack of a centrifuge

A method for the continuous processing of a product such as a vegetable or animal oil or fat. The processing occurs via a separation into two liquid phases and a solid phase. The method step includes processing the product, the processing occurring in a centrifuge arranged as a separator, the separator including a rotatable drum, a disk stack having risers arranged in the drum, a product feed having a feed tube, a first separator disk to discharge a lighter liquid phase from the drum, a second separator disk to discharge a heavier liquid phase from the drum, and a solids discharge opening to discharge a solids phase from the drum. A separation zone is formed between the lighter phase and the heavier phase in the separator.

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Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, Germany

Klaus-Peter Eickhoff