A solid or screen bowl decanting-type centrifuge comprising:a rotatable
bowl; a helical scroll conveyor which rotates coaxially within the bowl
at a different rotational speed, the helical scroll comprising a hub
carrying a plurality of flights whose radially outer edges lie close to
an inner wall of the bowl such that, in use, solids are scrolled by the
conveyer to solids discharge ports at one end of the bowl, with separated
liquid being discharged from liquids discharge ports at the opposite end
of the bowl. The conveyor hub carries a plurality of nozzles in a wash
zone for supplying wash fluid to solids being scrolled by the conveyer
towards the solids discharge ports. The conveyor hub also carries a blade
in the region of the nozzles and intermediate adjacent flights of the
conveyor for directing fluid droplets from the nozzles over said solids.