Control of separation performance in a centrifuge by controlling a temperature differential therein

摘要

Separation performance in sedimenting centrifuges, particularly generally cylindrical sedimenting centrifuges, and most particularly imperforate basket centrifuges, is controlled and enhanced by identifying a level of mixing that will produce improved separation performance and then varying the bowl-to-feed temperature differential and/or the centrifuge design to produce a desired level and type of mixing while reducing the tendency toward undesirable type of flow.