A solids separator including: an elongate tubular housing rotatable around
a central axis; a fluid inlet at one end of said housing adapted to
receive a flow of a fluid including entrained solids; a first and a
second outlet at the opposing end of said housing, wherein, said
rotatable housing is effective in imparting a radially outward force to
the entrained solids flowing through the separator whereby the solids are
concentrated at the peripheral portion of the cross-section of the flow
at the first and second outlets and wherein the first outlet is adapted
to receive the inner portion of the cross-section of the flow, or
filtrate, and the second outlet is adapted to receive the peripheral
portion of the cross-section of the flow containing the concentrated
solids.
