CN106766764A - A kind of compound fertilizer drying - Google Patents

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CN106766764A
CN106766764A CN201611228717.7A CN201611228717A CN106766764A CN 106766764 A CN106766764 A CN 106766764A CN 201611228717 A CN201611228717 A CN 201611228717A CN 106766764 A CN106766764 A CN 106766764A
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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Abstract

The present invention relates to compound fertilizer processing technique field, more particularly, to a kind of compound fertilizer drying, including vertically arranged rotating cylinder, rotating cylinder include shell and and inner bag, the upper end center of inner bag is fixedly connected with rotating shaft, cavity is provided between shell and inner bag, the top and bottom of cavity are respectively equipped with water inlet pipe and outlet pipe, and outlet pipe is provided with the first valve;The helix tube of inner bag is also vertically provided around in cavity, inner bag is offseted and rotates with helix tube and is connected, and the two ends of helix tube are respectively positioned on the side wall of shell, the lower end of helix tube is located at the top of outlet pipe and is provided with check valve;Vertically arranged transition chamber thereof is also fixedly connected with the lateral wall of shell, floater shot is provided with transition chamber thereof, the two ends of helix tube and outlet pipe are connected with transition chamber thereof, and the lower end of transition chamber thereof is additionally provided with through hole, and the second valve is provided with through hole.The present invention can solve the problem that fertilizer is easily stammered on drying machine, influence the problem of compound fertilizer production efficiency.

Description

A kind of compound fertilizer drying
Technical field
The present invention relates to compound fertilizer processing technique field, more particularly, to a kind of compound fertilizer drying.
Background technology
Currently, during using drum granulating method production compound fertilizer, water vapour is often passed through to increase raw material Humidity so that fertilizer can preferably bond balling-up.But, excessive moisture can influence product in compound fertilizer product Quality, therefore, in order to moisture is general compound fertilizer is carried out using whizzer to acceptability limit in reducing product Drying.Existing whizzer is simply made up of rotating cylinder, rotary electric machine and heater, and it is real that heater carries out heating to rotating cylinder Now to the drying of fertilizer.Meanwhile, by rotary electric machine with drum rotation so that fertilizer makees centrifugal motion in rotating cylinder, due to Fertiliser granulates are different from the quality of water, and the speed that the two does centrifugal motion is different, so can allow fertilizer and wherein by rotation Moisture content separate, consequently facilitating the drying to fertilizer.
But, it is easily viscous because the compound fertilizer moisture having just enter into whizzer is higher in drying course It is connected on the barrel of whizzer, by easily being stammered after heating so that the physicochemical property of fertilizer changes, so that seriously Have impact on the production efficiency and quality of compound fertilizer product.
The content of the invention
The invention is intended to provide a kind of compound fertilizer drying, can solve the problem that fertilizer is easily stammered on drying machine, influence The problem of compound fertilizer production efficiency and quality.
To achieve these goals, the present invention provides a kind of compound fertilizer drying, including vertically arranged rotating cylinder, rotating cylinder The inner bag being connected is rotated including the shell being made up of insulation material and with shell, the upper end center of inner bag is fixedly connected with and turns Axle, and inner bag top and bottom are respectively equipped with charging aperture and discharging opening, forms cavity between shell and inner bag, the upper end of cavity and Lower end is respectively equipped with water inlet pipe and outlet pipe, and outlet pipe is provided with the first valve;The spiral shell of inner bag is also vertically provided around in cavity Coil, inner bag is offseted and rotates with helix tube and is connected, and the two ends of helix tube are respectively positioned on the side wall of shell, the lower end position of helix tube In the top of outlet pipe and it is provided with check valve;Vertically arranged transition chamber thereof, transition are also fixedly connected with the lateral wall of shell Floater shot is provided with chamber, the two ends of helix tube and outlet pipe are connected with transition chamber thereof, and the lower end of transition chamber thereof is additionally provided with Through hole, is provided with the second valve in through hole.
The know-why of the technical program and have the technical effect that:The technical program provides a kind of compound fertilizer drying, bag Include vertically arranged rotating cylinder.High-temperature water passes through in the cavity that water inlet pipe enters between shell and inner bag, and is full of, so that right Inner bag is heated so that the fertilizer in inner bag can be oven-dried.Shell is made of insulation material, can keep the temperature of water Degree, the action time that extension once adds water.In addition, inner bag is rotated with shell be connected, can be relative by the effect of rotary electric machine Shell rotates so that the fertilizer inside inner bag does centrifugal motion, so as to the moisture content in fertilizer be dried.
When needing to change the water in cavity, water enters transition chamber thereof by outlet pipe, and allows in transition chamber thereof Floater shot is moved up in the presence of buoyancy, until floater shot enters in helix tube.Although floater shot density is small, its body Product is larger so that floater shot still has larger quality, so during floater shot is moved down along helix tube rotation, can be continuous The tube wall of helix tube is clashed into, allows helix tube to vibrate.Again because the rotation of helix tube and inner bag is connected, therefore, helix tube shakes It is dynamic to pass to side wall of inner, allow side wall of inner to vibrate, the fertilizer that inner side of liner wall is bonded in so as to allow drops, it is to avoid fertilizer Expect situation about being stammered on side wall of inner.Because the lower end of helix tube is additionally provided with check valve, the check valve be merely able to allow object from Helix tube is unable to reverse movement to being moved in transition chamber thereof, it is possible to avoiding water from entering spiral during rising Guan Zhong, the situation for causing floater shot to be moved down along helix tube.Afterwards, floater shot reaches the bottom of helix tube, can enter again Enter in transition chamber thereof, prepare work next time.
Additionally, be additionally provided with through hole and the second valve in the lower end of transition chamber thereof, opening the second valve can just allow adapter cavity Water outflow in room, completes the discharge of waste water, so as to the space of transition chamber thereof and cavity be spared, is easy to work next time Make.
In sum, the technical program can allow wall of inner container to vibrate, so as to shake by setting floater shot and helix tube Fall to being bonded in the fertilizer of inner bag inwall, it is to avoid the problem of fertilizer stammerer influence production efficiency.
Preferred scheme one:Based on base case, some projections are fixed with the inwall of the helix tube so that floater shot Collided with projection during being moved down along helix tube, make the level of flapping of floater shot bigger, the shock with volute wall Dynamics is bigger, so that the Oscillation Amplitude of side wall of inner is improved, the effect that enhancing fertilizer shakes off from inner bag inwall.
Preferred scheme two:Based on preferred scheme one, the through hole lower end is communicated with recovery tube.The heating of the recovery tube and water Device is connected, and the water energy after heating again is enough again introduced into being operated in cavity, so as to realize the recycling to waste water, is saved About water resource.
Preferred scheme three:Based on base case, the floater shot is ball.In general the density of rubber is less than water Density, therefore, ball can float on the surface, and can be moved to the upper end of helix tube in the presence of buoyancy.In addition, rubber Glueballs has certain elasticity, during movement in helix tube, by the collision with volute wall, can beat, So as to strengthen the collision to tube wall, and then the vibration amplitude of inner bag is improved, the effect that enhancing fertilizer shakes off from inner bag inwall.
Preferred scheme four:Based on preferred scheme three, the support column for being rotated with it and being connected vertically is provided with the inner bag, supported The lower end of post is fixedly connected through inner bag with shell, and several vertically arranged scraper plates, scraper plate position are fixedly connected with support column In in inner bag and with inner side of liner wall sliding contact.Inner bag can relative support post rotate, inner bag rotate during, inner bag Inwall is contacted with scraper plate, and the fertilizer being bonded on inwall can be wiped off by scraper plate.Additionally, side wall of inner is sent out in the presence of floater shot Raw vibration, can increase the active force between side wall of inner and scraper plate, so that improves fertilizer scrapes effect.
Preferred scheme five:Based on preferred scheme four, the thickness of the side wall of inner is 1-3mm.When the thickness of side wall of inner During less than 1mm, easily damaged because of the continuous shock of floater shot.And when side wall of inner thickness be more than 3mm when, side wall of inner because The Oscillation Amplitude for floating ball impact and producing is too small, it is impossible to which the fertilizer that will be bonded on inwall shakes off.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the embodiment of the present invention.
Specific embodiment
Below by specific embodiment, the present invention is further detailed explanation:
Reference in Figure of description includes:Rotating cylinder 1, shell 101, inner bag 102, cavity 103, rotating shaft 2, charging aperture 3, go out Material mouth 4, water inlet pipe 5, outlet pipe 6, the first valve 7, helix tube 8, check valve 9, transition chamber thereof 10, floater shot 11, through hole 12, Two valves 13, raised 14, recovery tube 15, support column 16, scraper plate 17.
The present embodiment is as shown in figure 1, a kind of compound fertilizer drying, including vertically arranged rotating cylinder 1.The rotating cylinder 1 includes Shell 101 and inner bag 102, shell 101 are made of porcelain tendre insulation material, and inner bag 102 is rotated with shell 101 and is connected, inner bag 102 The thickness of side wall is 2mm.Rotating shaft 2 is fixedly connected with the upper end center of inner bag 102, the rotating shaft 2 passes through belt with rotary electric machine Connection.The upper end of inner bag 102 is additionally provided with charging aperture 3, and lower end is provided with discharging opening 4.The inside of inner bag 102 is vertically provided with and its company of rotation The support column 16 for connecing, the lower end of support column 16 is fixedly connected through inner bag 102 with shell 101, the side wall of support column 16 and two Vertically arranged scraper plate 17 is fixedly connected, the one end and the madial wall sliding contact of inner bag 102 of scraper plate 17 away from support column 16.
Cavity 103 is located between shell 101 and inner bag 102, also, the top and bottom of cavity 103 are respectively equipped with into water Pipe 5 and outlet pipe 6, outlet pipe 6 are provided with the first valve 7.Helix tube 8 vertically is provided with cavity 103, on the inwall of helix tube 8 It is fixedly connected with multiple tools resilient raised 14.The helix tube 8 is set around inner bag 102, and is connected with the rotation of inner bag 102. The two ends of helix tube 8 are respectively positioned on the side wall of shell 101, and its lower end is located at the top of outlet pipe 6 and is provided with check valve 9.
The lateral wall of shell 101 is also fixedly connected with vertically arranged transition chamber thereof 10, and the two ends of helix tube 8 and goes out Water pipe 6 is connected with transition chamber thereof 10.The lower end of transition chamber thereof 10 offers the through hole 12 connected with its inside, is set on through hole 12 The lower end for having the second valve 13, through hole 12 is provided with the recovery tube 15 that one end communicates therewith.Additionally, also being set inside transition chamber thereof 10 There is a floater shot 11, the floater shot 11 is ball.
When using, the dry compound fertilizer of band is put into the inner bag 102 of rotating cylinder 1 by charging aperture 3, and by recovery tube 15 are connected with water heater.Close the first valve 7 and the second valve 13, allow in water heater the high-temperature water for completing heating pass through into Water pipe 5 enters cavity 103, and cavity 103 is full of, and inner bag 102 is heated, while open rotary electric machine, allows inner bag 102 Rotate.Water temperature drop allows water to enter transition chamber thereof 10 to the first valve 7 after 60 DEG C, is opened so that the floating in transition chamber thereof 10 Ball 11 is moved up in the presence of buoyancy, until floater shot 11 enters in helix tube 8.Floater shot 11 in helix tube 8 with pipe Wall is constantly collided, so as to allow the side wall of inner bag 102 to vibrate so that fertilizer can drop from the inwall of inner bag 102.Floater shot 11 After moving to the lower end of helix tube 8, through check valve 9, it is again introduced into transition chamber thereof 10.
While floater shot 11 enters helix tube 8, the second valve 13 is opened, allow water to enter in recovery tube 15, and pass through Recovery tube 15 is into being heated in water heater, and water is changed in wait next time.After water in cavity 103 is drained, first is closed The valve 13 of valve 7 and second, again from water inlet pipe 5 to cavity 103 in plus such as high-temperature water, inner bag 102 is heated.So follow Ring, until completing the drying to fertilizer, the fertilizer for having dried can just be discharged from discharging opening 4, into lower one manufacturing procedure.
Above-described is only embodiments of the invention, and the general knowledge such as known concrete structure and/or characteristic is herein in scheme Excessive description is not made.It should be pointed out that for a person skilled in the art, on the premise of structure of the present invention is not departed from, also Some deformations and improvement can be made, these should also be considered as protection scope of the present invention, these are real all without the influence present invention The effect and practical applicability applied.This application claims protection domain should be defined by the content of its claim, specification In specific embodiment etc. record the content that can be used for explaining claim.

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1. a kind of compound fertilizer drying, including vertically arranged rotating cylinder, it is characterised in that:Rotating cylinder includes being made up of insulation material Shell and rotate the inner bag that is connected with shell, the upper end center of inner bag is fixedly connected with rotating shaft, and inner bag top and bottom Charging aperture and discharging opening are respectively equipped with, cavity is formed between shell and inner bag, the top and bottom of cavity are respectively equipped with water inlet pipe And outlet pipe, outlet pipe is provided with the first valve;The helix tube of inner bag, inner bag and helix tube phase are also vertically provided around in cavity To and rotate connection, the two ends of helix tube are respectively positioned on the side wall of shell, and the lower end of helix tube is located at the top of outlet pipe and sets There is check valve;Vertically arranged transition chamber thereof is also fixedly connected with the lateral wall of shell, floater shot, spiral shell are provided with transition chamber thereof The two ends of coil and outlet pipe are connected with transition chamber thereof, and the lower end of transition chamber thereof is additionally provided with through hole, and second is provided with through hole Valve.
2. a kind of compound fertilizer drying according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:It is fixed on the inwall of the helix tube It is provided with some projections.
3. a kind of compound fertilizer drying according to claim 2, it is characterised in that:The through hole lower end is communicated with recovery Pipe.
4. a kind of compound fertilizer drying according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The floater shot is ball.
5. a kind of compound fertilizer drying according to claim 4, it is characterised in that:Vertically it is provided with and it in the inner bag The support column of connection is rotated, the lower end of support column is fixedly connected through inner bag with shell, and several are fixedly connected with support column Vertically arranged scraper plate, scraper plate be located at inner bag in and with inner side of liner wall sliding contact.
6. a kind of compound fertilizer drying according to claim 5, it is characterised in that:The thickness of the side wall of inner is 1- 3mm。
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