Claims
- 1. A feed accelerator system for use in a centrifuge, the system comprising
- a cone-shaped accelerator having an included angle of less than one hundred and eighty degrees,
- a feed pipe disposed within the centrifuge for delivery of a feed slurry to the accelerator, and
- a plurality of accelerator vanes disposed on a portion of an inside surface of the cone-shaped accelerator so that an unvaned conical extension of the inside surface of the cone-shaped accelerator forms a cone smoothener adapted to smooth out the flow of the feed slurry to produce circumferential flow uniformity.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of copending application(s) Ser. No. 07/798,898 filed on Nov. 27, 1991, U.S. Pat. No. 5,380,266.
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