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The solids-laden stream of liquid enters the separator tangentially through the parabolic design velocity accelerator pad (1). This pad is designed to give the fluid stream an instantaneous acceleration which immediately creates a strong centrifugal force on the solids content.
Open the manual relief valve (2) after system installation to bleed off trapped air. Periodic bleeding of air should be done as part of a routine maintenance program.
The stream is further guided and directed by the path created by the spiral ring, at the bottom edge of the discharge nozzle (3). It is the outer edge of this ring that maintains the velocity and circular path of solids down to the midsection of the separator body.
The top spin plate (4) deflects solids that may enter the vortex region and shortens the travel of vortex.
Decelerated solids are trapped by two opposite vanes (5) directed at an angle against the rotation of the fluid.
Solids pass the gap between the bottom spin plate and the inner wall of the separator (6), and are deposited in the collection chamber.
Bottom spin arrestors (7) help prevent solids from reentering the vortex. The collected solids settle to the bottom of the separator in an elliptical head (8). |
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The exiting fluid vortex formed at the center, having the same rotational flow, moves upwards toward the discharge nozzle and may still carry smaller particles.
A second stage centrifugal separation starts at the entry to the discharge nozzle, where a choke ring (a) impedes the encircling smaller solids.
A venturi effect is created by two opposite nozzles (b) drawing solids to the low pressure side of the discharge nozzle, releasing them back into the main stream for another pass. |
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