Facility for the centrifugal clarification of a suspension

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11219904-B2
Application number	US-201817054211-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 2, 2018
Priority date	Jul 6, 2017
Publication date	Jan 11, 2022
Grant date	Jan 11, 2022

Abstract

A facility for the centrifugal clarification of a suspension includes a centrifuge and a device with a container having a tubular envelope surface at least in sections for conducting the medium, which is arranged on a liquid outlet of the centrifuge. The container with a tubular envelope surface at least in sections includes an inlet for supplying a pressurizing gas, and the volume of the container with a tubular envelope surface at least in sections is smaller than the double receiving volume of the centrifuge.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A facility for the centrifugal clarification of a suspension medium while providing a clarified liquid medium with a medium pressure, the facility comprising:
a centrifuge;
a device for damping pressure surges having a container with at least one tubular envelope surface arranged, at least in some sections, for conducting the medium, wherein the container is arranged at a liquid outlet of the centrifuge, wherein the container has an inlet for supplying a pressurizing gas, and wherein a volume of the container is at most twice as large as a receiving volume of the centrifuge;
a level gauge or limit level switch configured to measure a limit level of the suspension medium in the container; and
an evaluation unit configured to set a gas volume as a function of the limit level of the suspension medium in the container,
wherein the inlet for supplying the pressurizing gas has a separate outlet connection for a cleaning medium.

2. The facility of claim 1 , wherein the device for damping pressure surges includes the level gauge of the limit level switch.

3. The facility of claim 2 , wherein the container has an inlet line and an outlet line for the suspension medium.

4. The facility of claim 1 , wherein the inlet is located at an upper end of the container.

5. The facility of claim 3 , wherein the outlet line of the suspension medium or a discharge connection for the cleaning medium is arranged at a lower end of the container.

6. The facility of claim 5 , wherein the separate outlet connection or the separate outlet connection and the discharge connection each have at least one valve, wherein switching states of the valve or the valves is regulated by the evaluation unit.

7. The facility of claim 3 , wherein the tubular envelope surface of the container has a mean diameter that is at least twice as large as a mean diameter of the inlet line or the outlet line.

8. The facility of claim 3 , wherein the tubular envelope surface of the container has a mean diameter that is between 2.5 to 10 times as large as a mean diameter of the inlet line or the outlet line.

9. The facility of claim 1 , wherein the envelope surface of the container is as a pipe conforming to an EN pipe class.

10. A method for the centrifugal clarification of a suspension medium to produce a clarified liquid medium in a facility comprising a centrifuge, a device for damping pressure surges having a container with at least one tubular envelope surface arranged, at least in some sections, for conducting the medium, a level gauge or limit level switch configured to measure a limit level of the suspension medium in the container, and wherein the container is arranged at a liquid outlet of the centrifuge, the method comprising: treating the suspension medium in the centrifuge while providing the clarified medium with a medium pressure above 1 bar; passing the clarified medium through the container of the device, wherein a pressurizing gas with a gas pressure is arranged in the container, wherein the medium pressure is equal to the gas pressure arranged in the container; and measuring, by the level gauge or limit level switch, the limit level of the suspension medium in the container, wherein an evaluation unit sets a gas volume depending on a limit level of the suspension medium in the container via an inlet for supplying the pressurizing gas to the container, wherein the inlet for the pressurizing gas has a separate outlet connection for a cleaning medium, and wherein a volume of the container is at most twice as large as a receiving volume of the centrifuge.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the pressurizing gas is an inert gas.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the inert gas is CO 2 , N 2 , or a noble gas.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the pressurizing gas is arranged immediately adjacent to the clarified liquid medium when the clarified liquid medium is passed through.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein after the suspension medium liquid has been processed, a clean-in-place cleaning of the facility, including the device, is carried out.

Assignees

• Gea Mechanical Equipment Gmbh

Inventors

• Herberg Wolf-Dietrich
• Berlage Meinolf

Classifications

• F16L55/053

  the gas in the reservoir being separated from the fluid in the pipe · CPC title

• B04B15/06

  for cleaning bowls, filters, sieves, inserts, or the like · CPC title

• B04B11/02 Primary

  Continuous feeding or discharging; Control arrangements therefor · CPC title