CN111072220A - Sewage purification device for ecological management in sponge city - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a sewage purification device for ecological management in a sponge city, which comprises: the sewage treatment device comprises a shell, a water inlet, a standing cavity and a water outlet, wherein the shell is a cylindrical shell, the water inlet communicated with an external sewage collecting device is arranged in the center of the top of the shell, the standing cavity is arranged at the bottom of the shell, and the water outlet communicated with the standing cavity is arranged on the side wall of the middle part of the shell; the overflow structure is arranged below the water inlet in the shell and is used for precipitating impurity particles in the sewage; a filter structure; a flow splitting structure; and a stirring structure. The invention can efficiently purify polluted sewage water and circulating water, and has great significance for the construction of ecological sponge cities.
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Technical Field
The invention belongs to the field of sewage purification, and particularly relates to a sewage purification device for ecological management in a sponge city.
Background
In the construction of sponge cities, because sponge cities cannot be constructed in a water environment during construction, and how to treat water environment pollution is one of the problems to be overcome in the construction of sponge cities, water pollution of general lakes, rivers and the like is usually caused by a large amount of pollution compounds, heavy metals and the like contained in water, and pollutants in sewage need to be effectively treated in order to solve the water pollution problem.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the problems in the prior art, the invention provides a sewage purification device for ecological management in a sponge city, and partial embodiments of the invention can effectively purify sewage.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a sewage purification device for ecological management in a sponge city, the purification device comprising: the sewage treatment device comprises a shell, a water inlet, a standing cavity and a water outlet, wherein the shell is a cylindrical shell, the water inlet communicated with an external sewage collecting device is arranged in the center of the top of the shell, the standing cavity is arranged at the bottom of the shell, and the water outlet communicated with the standing cavity is arranged on the side wall of the middle part of the shell; the overflow structure is arranged below the water inlet in the shell and is used for precipitating impurity particles in the sewage; the filtering structure is arranged below the overflow structure and used for receiving sewage overflowing from the overflow structure, a filtering bag independent of the filtering structure is arranged on a designed sewage flow path in the overflow structure, a separating ring is arranged on the filtering structure, a filtering bag with a first particle size is arranged at the upper part of the separating ring, a filtering bag with a second particle size is arranged at the lower part of the separating ring, the first particle size is larger than the second particle size, and an opening at the bottom of the filtering structure is used as an outlet of the sewage flow path in the filtering structure; the flow dividing structure is arranged below the filtering structure and is umbrella-shaped, and a plurality of helical blades are uniformly distributed on an umbrella surface of the flow dividing structure and are used for forming a plurality of sewage flow dividers with angular velocities at the umbrella edge; and
the stirring structure is arranged below the flow dividing structure and used for receiving and gathering the sewage flow dividing body to form a water flow vortex, the stirring structure comprises a plurality of aeration holes, the aeration holes are communicated with an air charging device, a through hole is formed in the lower portion of the stirring structure, and the water flow vortex flows out of the through hole and then enters the standing cavity.
Preferably, the overflow structure is bowl-shaped.
Preferably, the upper edge of the overflow structure is provided with a ring of filter screens for blocking the impurity particles.
Preferably, the filter structure is bowl-shaped and has an opening at the bottom.
Preferably, the upper edge of the filter structure is connected to the inner housing wall of the housing.
Preferably, the filter structure is parallel to the overflow structure.
Preferably, the upper edge of the stirring structure is connected with the inner wall of the housing, and the stirring structure, the filtering structure and the housing together form a pressurizing chamber.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: the sewage is deposited with large particles in the overflow structure, overflows from the edge of the overflow structure and then falls into the filtering structure, a filter bag in the filtering structure further filters the sewage, and the filtering structure is specifically divided into a first layer of coarse filtration at the periphery and a second layer of fine filtration at the inner ring, the water flows out of the filtering structure and then falls into the umbrella tip at the top of the shunting structure, a plurality of spirally downward sewage shunts are shunted, and finally the sewage enters a conical stirring structure to form a water flow vortex, in the shunting and converging process, a large amount of air is blended into the water body through triple actions of aeration, pressurization and stirring, the oxidation reaction of the water body is accelerated through biological fillers, finally the sewage enters a standing cavity and is adsorbed by activated carbon, and the sewage flows out through a water outlet when reaching the top of the standing cavity, so that the water body is efficiently purified; through setting up first ring platform, second ring platform, cooperation detachable shell top makes things convenient for regularly to open the back with the shell, gets rid of all structures wherein and washs.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is an external view of the overall structure of the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the first embodiment.
Fig. 3 is an exploded view of the internal structure of the first embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the second embodiment.
Fig. 5 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a portion a of fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is an exploded view of the internal structure of the second embodiment.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without inventive effort based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "longitudinal", "lateral", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used merely for convenience of description and for simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the first embodiment provides a sewage purification device for ecological management in a sponge city, the purification device comprising: the sewage treatment device comprises a shell 1, wherein the shell 1 is a cylindrical shell, a water inlet 2 communicated with an external sewage collecting device is formed in the center of the top of the shell 1, a standing cavity 4 is formed in the bottom of the shell 1, and a water outlet 3 communicated with the standing cavity 4 is formed in the side wall of the middle of the shell 1; the overflow structure 5 is arranged below the water inlet 2 in the shell 1 and is used for precipitating impurity particles in the sewage; the filtering structure 6 is arranged below the overflow structure 5 and used for receiving sewage overflowing from the overflow structure 5, a filtering bag independent of the filtering structure 6 is arranged on a designed sewage flow path in the overflow structure 5, a separating ring 15 is arranged on the filtering structure 6, a filtering bag with a first particle size is arranged at the upper part of the separating ring 15, a filtering bag with a second particle size is arranged at the lower part of the separating ring 15, the first particle size is larger than the second particle size, and an opening is formed in the bottom of the filtering structure 6 and serves as an outlet of the sewage flow path in the filtering structure 6; the flow dividing structure 8 is arranged below the filtering structure 6, the flow dividing structure 8 is umbrella-shaped, and a plurality of helical blades 9 are uniformly distributed on the umbrella surface of the flow dividing structure 8 and are used for forming a plurality of sewage flow dividing bodies with angular velocity at the umbrella edge; and
stirring structure 10, stirring structure 10 set up in reposition of redundant personnel structure 8 below for accept and assemble the sewage reposition of redundant personnel and form the rivers swirl, including a plurality of aeration holes 11 in stirring structure 10, aeration hole 11 and aerating device 12 intercommunication, the lower part of stirring structure 10 sets up the through-hole, and the rivers swirl gets into the cavity 4 that stews after the through-hole flows out.
The overflow 5 is bowl-shaped. The upper edge of the overflow structure 5 is provided with a circle of filter screens for blocking foreign particles. The filter structure 6 is bowl-shaped and has an opening at the bottom. The upper edge of the filter structure 6 is connected to the inner wall of the housing 1. The filter structure 6 is parallel to the overflow structure 5.
The upper edge of the stirring structure 10 is connected with the inner wall of the shell 1, and the stirring structure 10, the filtering structure 6 and the shell 1 jointly form a pressurizing chamber.
As shown in fig. 1 to 6, the second embodiment discloses a sewage purification device for ecological management in a sponge city, the purification device comprising: the sewage treatment device comprises a shell 1, wherein the shell 1 is a cylindrical shell, a water inlet 2 communicated with an external sewage collecting device is formed in the center of the top of the shell 1, a standing cavity 4 is formed in the bottom of the shell 1, and a water outlet 3 communicated with the standing cavity 4 is formed in the side wall of the middle of the shell 1; the overflow structure 5 is arranged below the water inlet 2 in the shell 1 and is used for precipitating impurity particles in the sewage; the filtering structure 6 is arranged below the overflow structure 5 and used for receiving sewage overflowing from the overflow structure 5, a filtering bag independent of the filtering structure 6 is arranged on a designed sewage flow path in the overflow structure 5, an opening at the bottom of the filtering structure 6 is used as an outlet of the sewage flow path in the filtering structure 6, and the shell 1 is provided with a first annular table 7 for placing the upper edge of the filtering structure 6; the flow dividing structure 8 is arranged below the filtering structure 6, the flow dividing structure 8 is umbrella-shaped, and a plurality of helical blades 9 are uniformly distributed on the umbrella surface of the flow dividing structure 8 and are used for forming a plurality of sewage flow dividing bodies with angular velocity at the umbrella edge; and
stirring structure 10, stirring structure 10 sets up in reposition of redundant personnel structure 8 below, be used for accepting and assemble the sewage reposition of redundant personnel and form the rivers swirl, including a plurality of aeration holes 11 in the stirring structure 10, aeration holes 11 and aerating device 12 intercommunication, the lower part of stirring structure 10 sets up the through-hole, the rivers swirl gets into cavity 4 that stews after the through-hole flows out, be provided with on the shell 1 and be used for shelving the second ring platform 13 on stirring structure 10 border, the diameter on stirring structure 10's last border is greater than the umbrella along the diameter of reposition of redundant personnel structure 8 and is less than the internal diameter of first ring platform 7.
And the standing chamber 4 is internally provided with activated carbon which is used for adsorbing fine impurities in water.
Overflow structure 5 is the bowl form, and overflow structure 5's last border is provided with the round and blocks the filter screen of foreign particles, and filtration 6 is bowl form and bottom trompil.
A plurality of spherical biological fillers are arranged in the stirring structure 10, and an interception net with a pore diameter smaller than that of the biological fillers is arranged at the through hole of the stirring structure 10.
The upper edge of the filter structure 6 is engaged with the first annular table 7 in a stepped manner.
The filter structure 6 is parallel to the overflow structure 5. The upper edge of the stirring structure 10 is engaged with the second annular platform 13 in a stepped manner. And sealing gaskets 14 are respectively clamped between the upper edge of the filtering structure 6 and the first annular table 7, and between the upper edge of the stirring structure 10 and the second annular table 13.
Although the present invention has been described in detail with respect to the above embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that modifications or improvements based on the disclosure of the present invention may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and these modifications and improvements are within the spirit and scope of the invention.
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1. The utility model provides an ecological sewage purification device that uses in sponge city which characterized in that, purifier includes:
the sewage treatment device comprises a shell (1), wherein the shell (1) is a cylindrical shell, a water inlet (2) communicated with an external sewage collecting device is formed in the center of the top of the shell (1), a standing cavity (4) is formed in the bottom of the shell (1), and a water outlet (3) communicated with the standing cavity (4) is formed in the side wall of the middle of the shell (1);
the overflow structure (5) is arranged below the water inlet (2) in the shell (1) and is used for precipitating impurity particles in the sewage;
the filtering structure (6) is arranged below the overflow structure (5) and is used for receiving sewage overflowing from the overflow structure (5), a filtering bag independent of the filtering structure (6) is arranged on a designed sewage flow path in the overflow structure (5), a bottom opening of the filtering structure (6) is used as an outlet of the sewage flow path in the filtering structure (6), and a first annular platform (7) used for placing the upper edge of the filtering structure (6) is arranged on the shell (1);
the flow dividing structure (8) is arranged below the filtering structure (6), the flow dividing structure (8) is umbrella-shaped, and a plurality of helical blades (9) are uniformly distributed on the umbrella surface of the flow dividing structure (8) and are used for forming a plurality of sewage flow dividing bodies with angular velocity at the umbrella edge; and
the stirring structure (10) is arranged below the flow dividing structure (8) and used for receiving and gathering the sewage flow dividing body to form a water flow vortex, the stirring structure (10) comprises a plurality of aeration holes (11), the aeration holes (11) are communicated with an inflating device (12), a through hole is formed in the lower portion of the stirring structure (10), the water flow vortex enters the standing cavity (4) after flowing out of the through hole, a second annular table (13) used for placing the upper edge of the stirring structure (10) is arranged on the shell (1), and the diameter of the upper edge of the stirring structure (10) is larger than the diameter of the umbrella edge of the flow dividing structure (8) and smaller than the inner diameter of the first annular table (7).
2. The sewage purification device for ecological management in sponge city according to claim 1, characterized in that the standing chamber (4) is provided with activated carbon.
3. The sewage purification device for ecological management in the sponge city according to claim 2, wherein the overflow structure (5) is bowl-shaped, the upper edge of the overflow structure (5) is provided with a ring of filter screen for blocking the impurity particles, and the filter structure (6) is bowl-shaped and is provided with an opening at the bottom.
4. The sewage purification device for ecological management in the sponge city according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of spherical biological fillers are arranged in the stirring structure (10), and an interception net with a pore diameter smaller than that of the biological fillers is arranged at the through hole of the stirring structure (10).
5. The sewage purification device for ecological management in sponge city as claimed in claim 4, wherein the upper edge of the filtering structure (6) is engaged with the first ring platform (7) in a ladder way.
6. The apparatus for purifying sewage for ecological remediation in sponge cities as claimed in claim 5, wherein the filtering structure (6) is parallel to the overflow structure (5).
7. The sewage purification device for ecological management in the sponge city according to claim 6, wherein the upper edge of the stirring structure (10) is engaged with the second annular platform (13) in a stepped manner.
8. The sewage purification device for ecological management in the sponge city according to claim 7, wherein sealing gaskets (14) are respectively clamped between the upper edge of the filtering structure (6) and the first ring platform (7) and between the upper edge of the stirring structure (10) and the second ring platform (13).
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