Liquid purification or separation – Gravitational separator – Superposed compartments or baffles – e.g. – parallel plate type
Patent
1989-08-08
1991-01-29
Jones, W. Gary
Liquid purification or separation
Gravitational separator
Superposed compartments or baffles, e.g., parallel plate type
210802, B01D 2102
Patent
active
049884417
ABSTRACT:
Liquor-clarifying apparatus comprises a tank 1, inlets 2 for suspension to be clarified, outlet 3 for clarified water, outlet 4 for sedimented solids, and a plurality of settling assemblies each comprising a stack 6 of downwardly inclined plates 7 mounted around a vertical collection duct 39. This duct generally comprises a downwardly extending duct 18 that leads directly into an upwardly extending duct 27. The plates 6 are preferably conical or pyramidal and are preferably self-spacing and capable of being clipped together by a push fit. A downwardly extending skirt 40 may be provided. Orifices 25 allow clarified liquid to pass from between the plates into the collection duct and preferably these orifices are elongated.
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Jones W. Gary
Upton Christopher
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