Liquid purification or separation – Recirculation – Serially connected distinct treating or storage units
Patent
1996-02-15
1997-02-18
Reifsnyder, David A.
Liquid purification or separation
Recirculation
Serially connected distinct treating or storage units
2101981, 210511, 2105121, 134 953, 134108, 134109, 134169R, B08B 908
Patent
active
056038267
ABSTRACT:
A self-cleaning return pump system for use with a clean-in-place system for cleaning vessels includes a recirculation loop for providing flow communication including a return pump, an eductor, and a separator. The return pump is arranged to discharge a liquid through the eductor into the separator and is supplied with a substantially continuous flow of liquid from the separator. A return line provides flow communication between the vessel to be cleaned and a suction port of the eductor. The separator has a top discharge port and a bottom discharge port. The top discharge port is configured to discharge a liquid or a liquid-air mixture therefrom to the clean-in-place system. The return pump causes liquid flowing through the recirculation loop at the eductor to have sufficient dynamic head to draw liquid or a mixture of liquid and air from the vessel through the return line, into the eductor. The liquid or liquid air mixture is discharged into the separator. The bottom discharge port of the separator provides the substantially continuous flow of liquid to the return pump and substantially all of the air and a portion of the liquid is discharged from the separator top discharge port at a flow rate sufficiently high to maintain a flow of liquid across the bottom of the vessel to maintain the liquid therein in a state of substantially continuous flow. The liquid is discharged from the separator top discharge port at a rate of flow about equal to the rate of flow of liquid supplied to the vessel through the supply line.
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Reifsnyder David A.
V Q Corporation
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