High performance soot removing centrifuge with impulse turbine

A cone-stack centrifuge for separating particulate matter out of a circulating fluid, said centrifuge comprising:

• a rotor including a cone stack and a hollow rotor hub constructed and arranged to rotate about an axis;
• a base assembly defining a first fluid inlet in communication with a first fluid passageway and a second fluid inlet and including a base hub;
• a shaft centertube attached to said base hub and extending through said rotor hub, said shaft centertube having a passageway therein for delivering fluid from said second fluid inlet to said cone stack;
• a bearing positioned between said rotor hub and said shaft centertube for rotary motion of said rotor about said shaft centertube;
• an impulse turbine attached to said rotor;
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• a flow jet nozzle flow coupled to said first fluid passageway and being constructed and arranged for directing a flow jet of said fluid at said impulse turbine which in turn imparts rotary motion to said rotor.

A cone-stack centrifuge for separating particulate matter out of a circulating fluid, said centrifuge comprising:

• a rotor including a cone stack, a rotor shell having a generally cylindrical portion, and a hollow rotor hub constructed and arranged to rotate about an axis;
• a base assembly defining a first fluid inlet in communication with a first fluid passageway and a second fluid inlet and including a base hub;
• a shaft centertube attached to said base hub and extending through said rotor hub, said shaft centertube having a passageway therein for delivering fluid from said second fluid inlet to said cone stack;
• a bearing positioned between said rotor-hub and said shaft centertube for rotary motion of said rotor about said shaft centertube;
• a plurality of vanes attached to the generally cylindrical portion of said rotor shell creating a vane-ring turbine using said rotor shell;
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• a flow jet nozzle flow coupled to said first fluid passageway and being constructed and arranged for directing a flow jet of said fluid at said vane-ring turbine which in turn imparts rotary motion to said rotor.