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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2011
Applicant:
Kevin Patrick Galvin, Callaghan, AU;
Inventor:
Kevin Patrick Galvin, Callaghan, AU;
Assignee:
NEWCASTLE INNOVATION LIMITED, New South Wales, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03B 5/32 (2006.01); B04B 1/00 (2006.01); B04B 1/04 (2006.01); B04B 11/02 (2006.01); B04B 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B03B 5/32 (2013.01); B04B 1/00 (2013.01); B04B 1/04 (2013.01); B04B 11/02 (2013.01); B04B 11/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An enhanced gravity separation device rotates a plurality of rectangular section vessels about a central drive shaft. Each vessel has an array of closely spaced plates positioned with the vessel between outer regions and inner regions. A feed of mixed dense and less dense fluid matter is fed to the outer regions via a pipe and conduits, through the plate arrays and into the inner regions. Overflow of less dense matter reports to the inner regions and underflow of denser matter reports to the outer region. The vessels may be fluidized by liquid supplied into the outer regions via annulus and conduits.