DRUM AND EJECTION CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS FOR CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATORS AND SEPARATION METHODS EMPLOYING MULTIPLE MATERIAL EJECTION PATHS

    公开(公告)号:US20200368764A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-26

    申请号:US16877466

    申请日:2020-05-18

    发明人: Nicholas A. Roth

    IPC分类号: B04B11/04 B04B1/14 B04B1/18

    摘要: A separator includes a first piston and a second piston both mounted on a drum assembly. The first piston is moveable between a first piston open position and a first piston closed position. In the first piston open position drum ejection passages are open for ejection of material from a maximum diameter of a separator volume, while in the first piston closed position the first piston blocks the drum ejection passages to prevent the ejection of material from the maximum diameter of the separator volume. A number of intermediate ejection paths are formed in the separator, each extending from an intermediate ejection path inlet at an intermediate region of the separator volume to an intermediate ejection path outlet. The second piston is moveable to alternately open or close the intermediate ejection paths for fluid communication to the separator volume.

    Heating medium injectors and injection methods for heating foodstuffs

    公开(公告)号:US10674751B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-09

    申请号:US16729108

    申请日:2019-12-27

    发明人: Nicholas A. Roth

    摘要: A heating medium injector includes an injector structure defining a heating medium flow path and a product flow path. The heating medium flow path extends to a contact location along an axis of the injector, while the product flow path also extends to the contact location along the injector axis. The contact location comprises a location at which the heating medium flow path and product flow path merge within the injector. In a region along the injector axis, the product flow path is defined between a first flow surface and a second flow surface. The first flow surface comprises a surface of a boundary wall separating the heating medium flow path from the product flow path and the second flow surface comprises a surface of an opposing second boundary wall. The second flow surface is in substantial thermal communication with a second flow surface cooling structure.

    HEATING MEDIUM INJECTORS AND INJECTION METHODS FOR HEATING FOODSTUFFS

    公开(公告)号:US20200305472A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:US16895636

    申请日:2020-06-08

    发明人: Nicholas A. Roth

    摘要: A heating medium injector includes an injector structure defining a heating medium flow path and a product flow path. The heating medium flow path extends to a contact location, while the product flow path also extends to the contact location. The contact location comprises a location at which the heating medium flow path and product flow path merge within the injector. In a region along the product flow path, the product flow path is defined between a first flow surface and a second flow surface. The first flow surface comprises a surface of a boundary wall separating the heating medium flow path from the product flow path and the second flow surface comprises a surface of an opposing second boundary wall. The second flow surface is in substantial thermal communication with a second flow surface cooling structure.

    Centrifugal separators and separation methods providing intermediate material ejection control

    公开(公告)号:US12090491B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-17

    申请号:US17316370

    申请日:2021-05-10

    发明人: Nicholas A. Roth

    IPC分类号: B04B11/04 B04B1/14 B04B1/18

    CPC分类号: B04B11/04 B04B1/14 B04B1/18

    摘要: A separator includes a drum ejection passage control element and an intermediate ejection control element both mounted on a drum assembly. The drum ejection passage control element is moveable between a first position and a second position. In the second position a drum ejection passage is open for ejection of material from a maximum diameter of a separator volume, while in the first position the drum ejection passage control element blocks the drum ejection passage to prevent the ejection of material from the maximum diameter of the separator volume. An intermediate ejection path is formed in the separator, each extending from an intermediate ejection path inlet at an intermediate region of the separator volume to an intermediate ejection path outlet. The intermediate ejection control element is moveable to alternately open or close the intermediate ejection path for fluid communication to the separator volume.

    Heating medium injectors and injection methods for heating foodstuffs

    公开(公告)号:US11147297B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-19

    申请号:US16895636

    申请日:2020-06-08

    发明人: Nicholas A. Roth

    摘要: A heating medium injector includes an injector structure defining a heating medium flow path and a product flow path. The heating medium flow path extends to a contact location, while the product flow path also extends to the contact location. The contact location comprises a location at which the heating medium flow path and product flow path merge within the injector. In a region along the product flow path, the product flow path is defined between a first flow surface and a second flow surface. The first flow surface comprises a surface of a boundary wall separating the heating medium flow path from the product flow path and the second flow surface comprises a surface of an opposing second boundary wall. The second flow surface is in substantial thermal communication with a second flow surface cooling structure.