Separator Arrangement
AssigneeGEA Mechanical Equipment GmbH
InventorsKathrin Quiter, Wilfried Mackel
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Abstract
A separator arrangement includes a separator with a rotatable drum, which has a vertical axis of rotation and a supply tube projecting into a distributor space of a distributor, and with a non-rotatable enclosure surrounding the drum. An enclosure interior, which is sealed in relation to the exterior region of the enclosure, is formed between the enclosure and the drum. The drum, in an inlet region, is non-hermetically sealed in relation to the enclosure interior. The separator itself has a device for reducing the pressure in the enclosure interior as a result of rotations of the drum in the manner of a jet pump.
Claims13
1-12. (canceled)
A separator arrangement, comprising:
- a separator with a rotatable drum, with a vertical rotational axis;
- a distributor including a distribution chamber;
- a feed pipe projecting into the distribution chamber of the distributor;
- and
- a non-rotatable hood enclosing the rotatable drum,
- wherein a hood interior, which is sealed against the exterior region of the hood is formed between the hood and the drum,
- wherein the drum, in an inlet region, is not hermetically sealed against the hood interior,
- wherein the separator has a device configured to lower pressure inside the hood interior as a result of rotations of the drum in the manner of a jet pump.
A method for lowering the pressure inside the hood interior of a separator arrangement a separator with a rotatable drum, with a vertical rotational axis;
- a distributor including a distribution chamber;
- a feed pipe projecting into the distribution chamber of the distributor;
- and a non-rotatable hood enclosing the rotatable drum, wherein a hood interior, which is sealed against the exterior region of the hood is formed between the hood and the drum, wherein the drum, in an inlet region, is not hermetically sealed against the hood interior, the method comprising:
- rotating the rotatable drum about the vertical rotation axis;
- and
- lowering, by a device, pressure inside the hood interior as a result of rotations of the drum in the manner of a jet pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.