LIQUID CLEANING APPARATUS Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: agricultural engineering. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has rotor made in the form of drum mounted on column fixed in bearings within shell. Liquid to be cleaned is supplied from lower inlet axial opening into drum cavity and discharged through radial channels into outlet channel positioned at opposite side relative to inlet opening. Rotor is urged for rotation by reactive stream flowing from reactive nozzle disposed outside relative to drum. More dense liquid layers are urged to drum walls and cleaned liquid is intaken from zone adjacent to column. EFFECT: increased efficiency, simplified construction and improved quality of cleaned liquid. 2 cl, 3 dwg