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AssigneeDanmarks Tekniske Universitet
InventorsPreben B. Hansen, Peter Stubbe, Hanne Birch, Kirsten G. Sorensen
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The invention relates to an apparatus for continuous separation of dry matter from a fluid, comprising an enclosed environment capable of being under vacuum or under positive pressure, in which enclosed environment a number of rollers (1, 3, 4, 4′, 6, 6′, 20, 21, 22, 23) form a chamber which is divided into two or more compartments (12, 13, 24, 27, 25, 26) by filtration means (7, 8, 16, 29, 36, 37, 38, 40), wherein one or more filtrated chambers (9, 10) are placed on the pure side of the filter means. In order to allow for cleaning and/or maintenance of the filtrate chambers, additional filtrate chambers are provided, which are separated from the first filtrate chambers by a wall. One of the filtrate chambers at any time is placed under the filter, while the other filtrate chambers are situated outside the enclosure for maintenance/cleaning.
An apparatus for the separation of a suspension of dry matter from a fluid, said apparatus comprising an enclosed separation environment capable of sustaining a pressure above or below ambient, wherein a plurality of rollers define said separation environment which is divided into at least two chambers by a filter, one of said chambers being a filtrate chamber configured to receive a purified component of said suspension, wherein the filtrate chamber is further configured so as to include a wall which divides the filtrate chamber into two portions, and one of said portions is disposed in the separation environment, under the filter, so as to collect said filtrate, while the other portion is disposed outside of said separation environment.
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