Ultracentrifuge for separating fluid mixtures

Patent · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:862529

Lowry, Ralph A ^[1]

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1. Charlottesville, VA

1. A centrifuge for the separation of fluid mixtures having light and heavy fractions comprising a cylindrical rotor, disc type end-plugs closing the ends of the rotor, means for mounting said rotor for rotation about its cylindrical axis, a housing member enclosing the rotor, a vacuum chamber in said housing about the central portion of the rotor, a collection chamber at each end of the housing, the innermost side of which is substantially formed by the outer face of the end-plug, means for preventing flow of the fluid from the collection chambers to said vacuum chamber, at least one of said end-plugs having a plurality of holes therethrough communicating between the collection chamber adjacent thereto and the inside of the rotor to induce countercurrent flow of the fluid in the centrifuge, means for feeding fluid to be processed into the centrifuge, means communicating with the collection chambers to extract the light and heavy separated fractions of the fluid, and means for rotating the rotor.

• Research Organization: Virginia Univ., Charlottesville (USA)
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 3955757
• OSTI ID: 862529
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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