CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR

摘要

In a centrifugal rotor having inlet channels (23) situated between a stack of axially separated conical separation discs (13) and the rotor end wall (10), towards which the separation discs turn their apex ends, there is formed a counter pressure chamber (22) in an area where the inlet channels (23) communicate with one end of several distribution channels (21) extending through the stack of separation discs. The counter pressure chamber (22) is free of entrainment members, so that liquid leaving the inlet channels (23) is allowed to rotate in the counter pressure chamber at a smaller angular speed than the rotor. Further, the counter pressure chamber (22) communicates with a radially outer portion of the rotor separation chamber (9) through a sludge passage (34), which opens in the separation chamber at a level radially outside the stack of separation discs. The outlet channels (27) for separated liquid extend towards the rotor axis (R) from an area of the separation chamber which is situated in the vicinity of said rotor end wall (10) at a level in the separation chamber radially outside the stack of separation discs (13).