🔍 Key Concepts

• Automatic water discharge function in modern centrifugal separators • Relationship between water drain valve, sludge ports, and the effluent water line in the illustration • What happens inside the bowl during a sludge discharge cycle

💭 Think About

• Look at the flow paths in the diagram: when water or sludge leaves the bowl, where do they go, and through which labeled valves or lines? • During normal operation (not disassembled), ask yourself: is there any designed path for separated water to leave the bowl without removing the hood? • Compare what happens when the separator is secured and stopped versus when it is running and performing a discharge cycle. Which option best matches the piping shown?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify the water drain valve and trace its line back to the bowl and then to the effluent water tank or overboard connection. • Verify whether the sludge ports in the illustration open to both water and sludge layers during discharge, or only to solids. • Confirm from the schematic whether any step actually requires removing the bowl hood just to get separated water out.