Solids discharge centrifugal separator with disposable contact elements
AssigneeWagner Development, Inc.
InventorRobert B. Carr
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Abstract
A hermetically sealed solids discharge centrifugal separator having a separator bowl with a cylindrical upper portion and a conical lower portion, an inlet port at the bottom of the bowl and an outlet port at the top of the bowl. A disposable liner assembly includes a bowl liner having a cylindrical upper portion and conical lower portion, such that the bowl liner can conform to the interior surface of the separator bowl. The liner assembly further includes a piston within the bowl liner, the piston having an upper portion that conforms to the bowl liner cylindrical upper portion and a lower portion that conforms to the bowl liner conical lower portion. A fluid pathway extends through the piston, with a shuttle valve disposed within the fluid pathway.
Claims8
A disposable separator bowl liner assembly for a centrifugal separator having a solids discharge centrifugal separator bowl comprised of a cylindrical upper bowl portion and a conical lower bowl portion, the assembly comprising:
- a disposable bowl liner conforming to an inner wall of the solids discharge centrifugal separator bowl, the bowl liner comprising a cylindrical upper liner portion and a conical lower liner portion, the separator bowl comprising an inlet port at a bottom end and an outlet port at a top end, the bowl liner extending from the inlet port to the outlet port;
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- a piston within the bowl liner, the piston having an upper portion that conforms to the cylindrical upper portion of the bowl liner and a lower portion conforming to the conical lower portion of the bowl liner, the piston further having a fluid pathway between the bowl liner upper and lower portions, the piston movably disposed against an inner surface of the bowl liner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.