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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wolfgang Epper, Bergheim, DE;
Reinhard Kluge, Bergisch-Gladbach, DE;
Assignee:
Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
494-1 ; 494 10 ; 494 29 ; 494 30 ; 494 53 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for separating solids and liquid mixtures such as to form concentrated sludge including a solid bowl worm centrifuge which has a slurry admission inlet and outlets for a liquid fraction and for concentrated sludge. A detector for detecting the consistency of the sludge leaving the centrifuge, a conduit for bypassing slurry being supplied from a source to the centrifuge and a control valve for controlling the amount bypassed as a function of the consistency of the sludge fraction and in some instances also a conduit for feeding a dilution liquid to the sludge leaving the centrifuge.