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Centrifugal separation system and method with flow control to a heavy phase receiving container

Grant US12576410B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB

Inventors

Kasper Höglund, Peter Thorwid, Staffan Königsson

Abstract

A centrifugal separation system includes a centrifugal separator, a liquid feed mixture conduit, a light phase conduit, a heavy phase conduit, and a flow control system. The flow control system includes a controller, a flow control valve arranged in a light phase conduit, a liquid feed mixture measuring device, and at a light phase measuring device and/or a heavy phase measuring device. The controller is configured to control the flow control valve based on measurements from the liquid feed mixture measuring device and measurements from the light phase measuring device and/or the heavy phase measuring device.

CPC Classifications

B04B 13/00 B04B 1/08 B04B 7/14 B04B 11/02 B04B 2013/006 B04B 1/04 B04B 9/02 B04B 9/08 B04B 9/12 B04B 7/08 B04B 7/12 B04B 5/0442 B04B 11/05 B01D 21/262 B01D 17/0217 B01D 53/24 B01D 21/02 B01D 21/245 B01D 45/12 B01D 59/20 B01D 21/2427 B01D 2221/04 B01D 2311/2676 C02F 1/38 C02F 11/127 A61M 1/3693 A61M 1/3696 B29B 2017/0231 C12M 33/10 C12M 45/05 C12M 27/10 C12M 47/02 B03B 5/32 F16C 2320/42 G01N 2030/381 G01N 2001/2846 B03C 3/15 F25B 11/04 C08C 1/10

Filing Date

2019-12-09

Application No.

17296714

Claims

21