| 摘要 |
<p>A centrifuge is disclosed in which the rotor (10) has a plurality of compartments (26) spaced about the rotor axis (18) and feed means (20, 74) for continuously distributing a mixed feed material to the compartment inlets (30). The material undergoes centrifugal settling while flowing through the compartments and is discharged as separated fractions. Preferably, the compartments change in transverse cross section between their inlet end (30) and outlet end (32), the inlets being circumferentially elongate and the outlets being more radially elongate, the change in cross section exaggerating the radial settling effect achieved. The compartments may be divided into a peripheral region (110) and an axial region (112) by a filter (114). The mixed feed is supplied to the peripheral region and a light fluid fraction passes inwards through the filter to be discharged from the axial region.</p> |
