| 摘要 |
<p>A decanter centrifuge for separating a feed suspension of particulate solid material in a liquid medium into a light fraction comprising a suspension of relatively light particles in the liquid medium and a heavy fraction comprising a suspension of relatively heavy particles in the liquid medium, which centrifuge comprises an elongated bowl (1,2) having a first closed end, a second closed end and a side wall between the ends, the bowl being mounted for rotation within, and coaxially with the bowl, driving means for rotating the bowl and the scroll (3) about their common axis whereby the scroll and the bowl can be rotated with different rotational speeds, means (8,9,10) for delivering feed suspension into the bowl in a delivery region inside the bowl, a plurality of first outlets (11) provided in the wall of the bowl for discharging the heavy fraction from the bowl and one or more second outlets (12) provided at or near to the first end of the bowl for discharging the light fraction from the bowl and wherein the delivery region is nearer to the second end of the bowl than to the first end of the bowl and the first outlets are located close to the delivery region. The centrifuge is particularly suitable for concentrating an aqueous suspension of an inorganic particulate mineral material or for separating such a material into heavy and light fractions, eg. to produce a finer fraction product. Such a material may be one of the known materials useful as inorganic pigment, filler or extender materials, eg. kaolin, metakaolin, calcium carbonate, calcium sulphate and the like. <IMAGE></p> |
