CN102741173A

CN102741173A - Environmental remediation system

Info

Publication number: CN102741173A
Application number: CN2010800629460A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 托马斯·J·克里扎克
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2009-12-01
Filing date: 2010-12-01
Publication date: 2012-10-17
Anticipated expiration: 2030-12-01
Also published as: EP2507179A2; CN105130140B; EP2507179A4; WO2011068856A3; CN102741173B; US20120285051A1; WO2011068856A2; CN105130140A

Abstract

An apparatus, system and method for remediation of contamination in aquatic environments. The apparatus comprises: a vessel including an opening, and an uptake line or pump coupled to the vessel and configured to transport the contained and suspended materials from an interior of the vessel to an exterior of the vessel. The opening is facing a bottom of a body of water, and the vessel is in direct physical contact with the bottom of the body of water. The vessel has been configured to contain and suspend materials inside the vessel. The uptake line or pump housing includes an attachment selected from the group consisting of an impeller, e.g. an air and/or water cannon, a pump, and a sliding collar.

Description

The environment remediation system

Technical field

The reparation that present invention relates in general to pollute in the water surrounding more specifically, relates to and is used for equipment, the system and method that water surrounding is polluted reparation.

Background technology

Production facility can use the water from natural origin such as river and streams, is used for the cooling apparatus operation.This water contains silt or other pollutents of carrying secretly usually, although can use silk screen filter to bring the water in the equipment into, and these materials also can be introduced equipment with water.The silt of carrying secretly or other pollutents can be accumulated at pipeline (pipe, sluice, weir or the spillway that for example are used for fluming water); Particularly when water leaves equipment; This is because water maybe be the slowest flowing of the place of returning its initial source; And when water left mobile the slowing down of equipment part, silt and the pollutent carried secretly more likely deposited in pipeline.Pile up in this place that can cause silt or other pollutents water in pipeline to leave equipment, thereby must regularly repair.

Therefore, need a kind of water surrounding that is used for to pollute equipment, the system and method for repairing.

Summary of the invention

First aspect of the present invention provides a kind of equipment, comprising: contain the container of opening, wherein said opening surface is to water bottom, and said container contacts with the water bottom direct physical, and wherein container is arranged in that internal tank comprises and suspension material; And the rising pipeline that is connected with said container (uptake line), said rising pipeline is arranged to the material that comprises and suspend from the container delivered inside to external container, and the pipeline that wherein rises comprises the additional unit that is selected from thruster and sliding collar.

Second aspect of the present invention provides a kind of equipment, comprising: contain the container of opening, wherein said opening surface is to water bottom, and said container contacts with the water bottom direct physical, and wherein said container is arranged in that internal tank comprises and suspension material; And the rising pipeline that is connected with said container, said rising pipeline is arranged to the material that comprises and suspend from the container delivered inside to external container.

The third aspect of the invention provides a kind of equipment; Comprise: the container that contains opening; Wherein said opening surface is to water bottom; And said container contacts with the water bottom direct physical, wherein container be arranged to the material that comprises and suspend through at least one vent pipe from the container delivered inside to external container; And the sliding collar with first end and second end, wherein first end has first opening and second end has second opening, and wherein first opening around and be slidingly connected at least one vent pipe and second opening around and be slidingly connected to pump case.

It is a kind of with the method for the material that comprises in the water and suspend from container delivered inside to external container that fourth aspect of the present invention provides; Comprise: the container of being furnished with water or air propeller is provided, be used for the material that comprises and suspend through at least one vent pipe from the container delivered inside to external container; The material that comprises in the water and suspend is suspended into internal tank from the settled layer of water bottom; And with the material that comprises in the water and suspend through at least one vent pipe from the container delivered inside to external container.

The 5th aspect of the present invention provides a kind of method that the material that comprises in the water and suspend is delivered to external container from the container internal-internal; Comprise: configuration has the rising pipeline of water or air propeller, be used for water comprise and the material that suspends from the settled layer extraction of water bottom; With the material that comprises in the water and suspend from the settled layer suction of water bottom to internal tank; And with the material that comprises in the water and suspend through the calm device delivered inside of rising pipeline to external container.

Description of drawings

Characteristic of the present invention is illustrated in accompanying claims.Yet the present invention itself can be through with reference to the detailed description of following exemplary and combine accompanying drawing to understand better, wherein:

Fig. 1 has showed the longitudinal section that water surrounding is polluted the equipment of repairing that is used for according to one embodiment of the invention; And

Fig. 2 has described the described longitudinal section that is used for the equipment of water surrounding pollution reparation of Fig. 1, and it further comprises the discharge line that operationally is connected with the sliding collar of rising pipeline according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiment

Fig. 1 shows and is used for the equipment 100 that water surrounding is polluted reparation, like the positive sectional view of " Extraction Lunchbox (ELB) Mini-Vac ".Equipment 100 comprises: contain the container 10 of opening 15, and the rising pipeline 62 that is connected with container 10, rising pipeline 62 is arranged to the material that comprises and suspend 20 is delivered to from the inside 25 of container 10 outside 30 of container 10.Opening 15 is towards the bottom 35 of water body 40, and container 10 contacts with bottom 35 direct physical of water body 40.The inside that container 10 is arranged in container 10 comprises and suspension material.Rising pipeline 62 comprises water or air propeller 5, is selected from thruster such as air bubble and/or water cannon, pump and sliding collar.

Container 10 is processed by metal or plastics.Metal can be the alloy of stainless steel, copper, aluminium or steel, copper or aluminium.Plastics can be SE, polycarbonate, high density polyethylene(HDPE), high density poly propylene, polyimide, Zylox etc.

Rising pipeline 62 can be metal or plastics tubing, and it is slidingly connected through the sidewall 45 of joint slidably 50 with container 10.Slidably joint 50 can be the compressible axle collar; It applies with respect to the surface 60 of rising pipeline 62 with respect to the friction resistance of the surface of wall 45 65 motions; Thus through overcoming the friction resistance of motion; The rising pipeline can be along the longitudinal axis 70 positioned vertical, thus on one of direction that four-headed arrow 75 is pointed out mobile containers 10.Hereinafter, " being slidingly connected " is defined as machinery or physical connection, and it can form or eliminate through the friction resistance of rebuilding or overcome motion, thereby container 10 is kept in position or mobile containers 10 on one of direction that four-headed arrow 75 is pointed out.For example, apply with respect to the surface 60 of rising pipeline 62 and during with respect to the friction resistance of surface 65 motions of wall 45, rebuild or overcome the friction resistance of motion when the compressible axle collar.

Among Fig. 1, rising pipeline 62 is furnished with water or air propeller 5, is used for extracting out from the settled layer of the bottom 35 of water body 40 material such as the mud of water and suspension.Water or air propeller 5 can be water or air boosting big gun or pump, thereby the material 20 that makes institute comprise and suspend can be delivered to the outside 30 of container 10 from the inside 25 of container 10.

Container 10 can be furnished with the underwater propulsion unit 17 of 360 ° of directions, thereby the opening 15 of equipment 100 can be positioned on the bottom 35 of water body 40 geographically, for example, and on the selected polar coordinates of the bottom 35 of water body 40.

Container 10 can be according to the step 620 of USP 7264713 of authorizing like the 4 days September in 2007 that is recorded in Thomas J.Kryzak and the method for in Fig. 3 of USP 7264713 A, describing 600; In place through machinery or other modes " decline ", said patent is included this paper in by reference at this.Perhaps, container 10 can " decline " be in place through container 10 is operably connected with the bag that goes up and down, and said up-down bag is connected with mechanical elevating equipment and gear unit.Can advantageously increase through the buoy/buoyant means (buoy/float device) of being furnished with or not being furnished with 360 ° of multidirectional propulsion units.

Through the inside 25 of air/material from container 10 is removed; The edge 80 that the weight of container 10 can be ordered about container 10 more gos deep into the bottom 35 of water body 40; Thereby producing to release at 80 places, edge of container 10 seals 85, and said releasing sealed 85 and can be formed by the bottom 35 of the settled layer extruding margin 80 of the outside bottom 35 of container 10 and water body 40.Therefore this can be released and seal 85 and can make inner 25 to isolate with the bottom 35---it is in container 10 outsides---of water body 40 and/or water body 40.

Hereinafter, " can release sealing " or " can release sealing " be defined as form or destroy or the settled layer of cracking or the edge 80 that cuts off container 10 and the bottom 35 of container 10 outsides between machinery and physical connection, for example, " can release and seal ".

Perhaps, can release that to seal 85 can be that flexibility between the bottom 35 of edge 80 and water body 40 of container 10 is sealed.Flexibility is sealed for example skirtboard capsule (apron bladder) or skirtboard capsule bundle (apron bladder bundles), is recorded in the USP 7497645 of authorizing in 3 days March in 2009 of Thomas J.Kryzak, and it includes this paper in by reference at this.

Container 10 is configurable to have whipping appts 90, for example, and multidirectional rotary air/water-jet exhauster, awe (whips), chain (chains), drill bit (drills), cutting unit (cutters), screw feeder (augers), blade (blades) and chopper (choppers).Water can be along the direction of arrow 97 from outside 30 suction to the container 10 of container 10 inside 25; So that comprise and the material 20 that suspends suspends from the bottom 35 of water body 40, the material that comprises and suspends 20 that is suspended thus can be delivered to outside 30 from the inside 25 of container 10.Whipping appts 90 can raise or reduces along the vertical position of the longitudinal axis 70 through raising or reducing pipes 95 in the axle 100 of container 10, wherein manages 95 and meets 115 places with whipping appts 90 at pipe and be operably connected.Hereinafter; Term " is operably connected " and is defined as between two parts, for example, and between pipe 95 and whipping appts 90; Physics or the pipe that mechanically engages or form machinery or physics connect, and the pipe between pipe and whipping appts meets 115 places and has 360 ° of rotations freely thus.The vertical position of whipping appts 90 can be fixed to suitable position through the support pin 105 adjustment upholders 110 that use arrangement for adjusting height, and wherein upholder 110 is operably connected with pipe 95.

Container 10 is configurable have static, move or TV pick up camera and light fixture are used for underwater observations.

Container 10 can support the bottom 35 that enables to cross or pass water body 40 by coaster (sled).

Fig. 2 has described the longitudinal section of the equipment 100 that is used for water surrounding pollution reparation described in Fig. 1; Wherein pump 125 embeds shell 63; And equipment 100 also comprises the discharge line 145 that is operably connected with the sliding collar 55 of shell 63; And air or water propeller 135, thereby make the material 20 that comprises and suspend to be delivered to the outside 30 of container 10 from the inside 25 of container 10.In this embodiment; Water in the inside 25 of container 10 pumps through air or water propeller 135; Said air or water propeller 135 with the longitudinal axis 120 vertical planes on rotate, the direction that flows thus through discharge line 145 is the direction along arrow 130.The material 20 that comprises and suspend can be delivered to the outside 30 of container 10 through the opening 140 of discharge line 145 from the inside 25 of container 10.

Fig. 2 has described equipment 100, comprising: the container 10 that contains opening 15.Opening 15 is towards the bottom 35 of water body 40, and container 10 contacts with bottom 35 direct physical of water body 40.Container 10 is arranged to the material that comprises and suspend is delivered to from the inside 25 of container 10 through at least one vent pipe 145 outside 30 of container 10.

In one embodiment, sliding collar 55 has first end 56 and second end 57.First end 56 has first opening 58 and second end 57 has second opening 59.First opening 58 around and be slidingly connected at least one vent pipe 145 and second opening 59 around and be slidingly connected to pump case 63.

Though described specific embodiments of the present invention at this for the purpose of illustration, many modification protocols and change scheme are tangible to those skilled in the art.Therefore, accompanying claims is intended to contain all these and drops on modification and change scheme in true spirit of the present invention and the scope.

Claims

1. equipment comprises:

The container that contains opening,

Wherein said opening surface is to water bottom, and said container and the direct thing of water bottom

The reason contact,

Wherein container is arranged in internal tank and comprises and suspension material; And

The rising pipeline that is connected with container, said rising pipeline are arranged to the material that comprises and suspend from the container delivered inside to external container.

2. the equipment of claim 1, the pipeline that wherein rises comprises the additional unit that is selected from thruster and sliding collar.

3. the equipment of claim 1, wherein thruster is water or air propeller.

4. the equipment of claim 1, wherein thruster is selected from air bubble and/or water cannon, pump and combination thereof.

5. the equipment of claim 1, wherein container is processed by metal or plastics.

6. the equipment of claim 5, wherein metal is selected from the alloy of stainless steel, copper, aluminium or steel, copper and aluminium.

7. the equipment of claim 5, wherein plastics are selected from SE, polycarbonate, high density polyethylene(HDPE), high density poly propylene, polyimide, Zylox, and combine.

8. the equipment of claim 1, the pipeline that wherein rises are metal or the plastics tubings that is slidingly connected through joint slidably and with container side wall.

9. the equipment of claim 1, wherein slidably joint is the compressible axle collar, and it applies with respect to the rising pipeline surface with respect to the friction resistance of wall of container apparent motion, and the pipeline that rises thus can vertically be settled along the longitudinal axis of rising pipeline.

10. the equipment of claim 1, wherein container is furnished with the underwater propulsion unit of 360 ° of directions, thereby the opening of equipment can be positioned on the water bottom geographically.

11. the equipment of claim 1, wherein container is furnished with whipping appts.

12. the equipment of claim 11, wherein whipping appts is selected from multidirectional rotary air/water-jet exhauster, awe, chain, drill bit, cutting unit, screw feeder, blade, chopper, and combines.

13. the equipment of claim 12, wherein whipping appts can raise through the pipe in the axle of rising or reduction container or reduce along the vertical position of the longitudinal axis of container.

14. the equipment of claim 13, wherein pipe is operably connected at the pipe place of connecing with whipping appts, and there are 360 ° of rotations freely in the pipe place of connecing between pipe and whipping appts thus.

15. the equipment of claim 1, wherein container dispose static, move or TV pick up camera and light fixture are used for underwater observations.

16. the equipment of claim 1, wherein container is supported by coaster, and said coaster enables to cross or pass water bottom.

17. an equipment comprises:

The container that contains opening,

Wherein said opening surface is to water bottom, and said container contacts with the water bottom direct physical,

Wherein container be arranged to the material that comprises and suspend through at least one vent pipe from the container delivered inside to external container; And

Sliding collar with first end and second end, wherein first end has first opening and second end has second opening, and wherein first opening around and be slidingly connected at least one vent pipe and second opening around and be slidingly connected to pump case.

18. the equipment of claim 17 is included in the pump in the pump case, be used for the material that comprises and suspends pass through at least one vent pipe from the container delivered inside to external container.

19. the equipment of claim 18, wherein the sliding collar of at least one vent pipe and pump is slidingly connected.

20. the equipment of claim 18, wherein pump comprises air or water propeller.

21. one kind with the method for the material that comprises in the water and suspend from container delivered inside to external container, comprising:

The container of being furnished with water or air propeller is provided, be used for the material that comprises and suspend through at least one vent pipe from the container delivered inside to external container;

The material that comprises in the water and suspend is suspended into internal tank from the settled layer of water bottom; And

With the material that comprises in the water and suspend through at least one vent pipe from the container delivered inside to external container.

22. one kind with the method for the material that comprises in the water and suspend from container delivered inside to external container, comprising:

Configuration has the rising pipeline of water or air propeller, be used for water comprise and the material that suspends from the settled layer extraction of water bottom;

With the material that comprises in the water and suspend from the settled layer suction of water bottom to internal tank; And

With the material that comprises in the water and suspend through the calm device delivered inside of rising pipeline to external container.

23. the method for claim 22 comprises:

Provide and mechanical lifting gear and the placed in-line up-down bag of gear unit;

It is in place through container is operably connected with the bag that goes up and down container to be descended.

24. the method for claim 23 wherein increases through the buoy/buoyant means of being furnished with or not being furnished with 360 ° of multidirectional propulsion units.

25. the method for claim 22 comprises:

Between the settled layer of container edge and water bottom, form to release and seal, can release wherein to seal that internal tank and water body and/or water bottom---it is at external container---are isolated.

26. the method for claim 25, wherein releasing between container edge and water bottom sealed to flexibility and sealed.

27. the method for claim 26, wherein flexibility is sealed and is selected from skirtboard capsule and skirtboard capsule bundle.