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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Alfa Laval Corporate Ab, Lund, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB, Lund, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B04B 13/00 (2006.01); B04B 1/08 (2006.01); B04B 7/14 (2006.01); B04B 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B04B 13/00 (2013.01); B04B 1/08 (2013.01); B04B 7/14 (2013.01); B04B 11/02 (2013.01); B04B 2013/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A centrifugal separation system includes a centrifugal separator, a liquid feed mixture conduit, a light phase conduit, a heavy phase conduit, and a flow control system. The flow control system includes a controller, a flow control valve arranged in a light phase conduit, a liquid feed mixture measuring device, and at a light phase measuring device and/or a heavy phase measuring device. The controller is configured to control the flow control valve based on measurements from the liquid feed mixture measuring device and measurements from the light phase measuring device and/or the heavy phase measuring device.