Definition(s)
Decanting Centrifuge
Centrifuge which removes solids from a feed slurry by rotating the liquid in cylindrical bowl at high speed and discharges the larger particles as a damp underflow. NOTE Colloidal solids are discharged with the liquid overflow, or light slurry. The decanting centrifuge has an internal auger that moves solids that have settled to the bowl walls out of a pool of liquid and to the underflow.
Source: API RP 13C, Recommended Practice on Drilling Fluids Processing Systems Evaluation, Upstream Segment, Fourth Edition, December 2010. Global Standards