DECANTER WASH NOZZLE FOR USE IN MAKING OIL COMPOSITIONS

摘要

A scroll conveyor for making a liquid product including a bowl including an inner area, a first portion adjacent to a first end of the bowl, a second portion adjacent to the first portion, and a discharge end opposite the first end, and a scroll conveyor coaxially mounted within the bowl, the conveyor including a cylindrical body, a central opening extending through a length of the cylindrical body, a first end adjacent to the first end of the bowl, a second end spaced from the first end of the conveyor, a helical scroll flight extending from an outer surface of the cylindrical body, and at least one wash nozzle extending from the outer surface of the cylindrical body.

主权项

1. A method of making a liquid product comprising the steps of:
activating a decanter comprising a bowl rotating at a first operating speed coaxially mounted relative to a scroll conveyor rotating at a second operating speed that is different from the first operating speed, wherein:
the bowl comprises an inner area, a first portion adjacent to a first end of the bowl, a second portion adjacent to the first portion, and a discharge end opposite the first end; andthe scroll conveyor comprises a cylindrical body, a central opening extending through a length of the cylindrical body, a first end adjacent to the first end of the bowl, a second end spaced from the first end of the conveyor, a helical scroll flight extending from an outer surface of the cylindrical body, and at least one wash nozzle extending from the outer surface of the cylindrical body; supplying a feed liquid into the central opening at the first end of the conveyor so that it exits the conveyor through an aperture of the cylindrical body into the inner area of the bowl; providing wash liquid to the at least one wash nozzle so that the wash liquid enters a proximal end of the nozzle and exits a distal end of the nozzle positioned within the inner area of the bowl; and discharging solids that separate from the feed liquid from the discharge end of the bowl.