Dynamic, influent-constituent-based, separator control apparatus and method

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PATENT NO 10583374
APP PUB NO 20170136387A1
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15361729

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A system operating as a centrifugal, liquid-liquid separator may be controlled, and even optimized, by automatic control of back pressure to establish an optimum position of the dispersion band therein. Optimizing to minimize impurities (from each other) in each of two separated phases is possible, even simultaneously, by reliance on a processor setting the settling lengths of both heavy and light phases at the same value. Settling length, defined in accordance with the invention, reflects a settling velocity multiplied by a residence time. Equating these lengths, for droplets of each in the other liquid, provides superior results over conventional settling theory maximizing settling area. Equalization of residence times did not provide an improvement over conventional settling theory.

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THOUGHT PRESERVE LLC100 EAST SAN MARCOS BLVD SUITE 330 SAN MARCOS CA 92069

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Bell, D Andrew Farmington, US 4 18
Miller, C Michael Pleasant Grove, US 33 53
Tam, Ngai Keung Farmington, US 4 18

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