CN205164415U - Integrated dust remover device - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses an integrated dust remover device, including cyclone, filler filter collector and sack cleaner, cyclone includes whirlwind air inlet, whirlwind barrel, gas outlet and ash hole, filler filter collector supports the orifice plate, packs and filters the air inlet and pack and filter the gas outlet including packing, it is connected with whirlwind dust removal gas outlet pack to filter the air inlet, filterable hawk of depositing of giving vent to anger through the sack cleaner that packs directly gets into the sack cleaner, wait that the air current that removes dust passes through whirlwind dust removal air inlet and gets into this integrated dust remover device, finally arrive the dust removal sack after supporting the orifice plate through cyclone with the filler. The utility model discloses utilizing whirlwind dust removal mode, filtering dust removal mode and the respective characteristics of sack dust removal mode, make the three mutually support, can fully detach the big dust particle in the air current, the starch dirt particle and the tiny dust particle of light, dust removal effect is good.
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Technical field
The utility model belongs to atmospheric environment Treatment process equipment and method field, more specifically, relates to a kind of integrated separator device.
Background technology
Dedusting is one of most important means in air contaminant treatment.Dry dust removal is topmost form in engineering, and common dry dust removal method has cyclone dust removal, dust removal by filtration and bag-type dust etc.Cyclone dust removal equipment investment is little, and windage is little, but, to the poor removal effect of tiny particle.Dust removal by filtration cost is also lower, but windage is comparatively large, and also poor to the dust removing effects of tiny particle, filler easily blocks, and is used for high-temperature dust removal.Bag-type dust can remove tiny particle, and efficiency of dust collection is high, be the most reliable current dust collection method, but equipment investment is large, frequently needs blowback to remove colmatation zone.In engineering, in order to reduce the investment of dust pelletizing system, also usually by cyclone dust removal and bag-type dust coupling.
Although have the situation by cyclone dust removal and bag-type dust coupling in prior art, it is large to there is windage in common coupling mode, takes up an area large, the problem that equipment investment is large.Existing coupling deduster, every one-level deduster all has a set of air inlet and gas outlet, the import of each deduster and outlet all need to be closed up by a large gas collection again, in the method for various deduster coupling, people mechanically manufacture each deduster respectively, then connect with pipeline.Adopt in such a way, in the centre that the outlet of previous stage deduster and the import of next stage combine, many a lot of spaces of worrying too much and pipeline, both caused the waste of material, the taking of space, and can increase again windage (especially for the situation using bend); And the outlet of previous stage deduster and the inlet header of next stage are become one, remove tube connector time, exist again previous stage deduster dust get rid of difficulty; If do not have special construction, middle isolated dust can enter next stage deduster again, causes the blocking of next stage deduster, affects the normal work of deduster.In addition, existing coupling mode, more need to depend on bag-type dust workshop section, cause the load that bag-type dust is excessive, because bag-type dust cost is high, blowback frequently, easily causes and relies on the height of electrical part and stability of control system, when not having the technical attendant of specialty, sack cleaner is easily caused to stop.
Utility model content
For above defect or the Improvement requirement of prior art, the purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of integrated separator device, wherein by the annexation to its key component, each parts immanent structure etc. improves, compared with prior art effectively can solve the low problem of efficiency of dust collection, and this integrated separator device utilizes cyclone dust removal mode, dust removal by filtration mode and bag-type dust mode feature separately, three is cooperatively interacted, fully can remove the large dust particle in air-flow, the little dust particle of lightweight and fine dusts particle, good dedusting effect.
For achieving the above object, according to the utility model, provide a kind of integrated separator device, it is characterized in that, comprise cyclone dust collectors, filler filter collector and sack cleaner, wherein,
Described cyclone dust collectors comprise dusty gas air inlet, cyclone dust removal cylindrical shell, cyclone dust removal gas outlet and cyclone dust removal ash hole, and described dusty gas air inlet, described cyclone dust removal gas outlet and described cyclone dust removal ash hole are distributed on described cyclone dust removal cylindrical shell;
Described filler filter collector comprises packing support orifice plate, filler filtered air inlet and filler and filters bed, and described packing support orifice plate filters between bed at described filler filtered air inlet and described filler;
Described sack cleaner comprises dust-removal cloth-bag, bag-type dust gas outlet and bag-type dust ash hole, and described bag-type dust gas outlet is positioned at above described dust-removal cloth-bag, and described bag-type dust ash hole is positioned at below described dust-removal cloth-bag;
Described filler filtered air inlet directly docks with described cyclone dust removal gas outlet; Described filler filter bed layer effluent air directly on enter described sack cleaner;
Treat that the air-flow of dedusting enters this integrated separator device by described dusty gas air inlet, after filtering bed through described cyclone dust collectors, described packing support orifice plate and described filler, arrive described dust-removal cloth-bag, and export eventually through described bag-type dust gas outlet.
As of the present utility model preferred further, described filler filter collector also comprises dust removal by filtration laying dust room, dust removal by filtration ash hole, filler import and filler outlet; Described dust removal by filtration laying dust room is positioned at the front of packing support orifice plate described in described airflow passes, and is connected with described dust removal by filtration ash hole; Described filler import and the outlet of described filler are all positioned at by described packing support orifice plate, for upgrading filler.
As of the present utility model preferred further, described dust-removal cloth-bag is positioned at cloth bag outer cover, and this cloth bag outer cover also comprises cloth bag pylon and door changed by cloth bag; Described cloth bag pylon is positioned at by described dust-removal cloth-bag, for fixing described dust-removal cloth-bag; Described cloth bag is changed door and is positioned on described cloth bag outer cover, for cloth bag outer cover described in folding.
As of the present utility model preferred further, described packing support orifice plate is also provided with percussion mechanism, for vibrating this packing support orifice plate.
As of the present utility model further preferably, described in described airflow passes, the front of packing support orifice plate and rear are provided with pressure monitor, for monitoring the air pressure of described air-flow.
As of the present utility model preferred further, described cyclone dust collectors, described filler filter collector and described sack cleaner three vertically place, described cyclone dust collectors are positioned at below, and described filler filter collector is positioned at centre, and described sack cleaner is positioned at top.
As of the present utility model preferred further, described sack cleaner also comprises cloth bag orifice plate, bag-type dust deposits hawk and bag-type dust ash hole, and described cloth bag orifice plate is connected with described dust-removal cloth-bag; Described bag-type dust deposits the below that hawk is positioned at described cloth bag orifice plate, and this bag-type dust is deposited on hawk and is also distributed with some ventilations tube bank; Described ventilation tube bank and described bag-type dust ash hole are all deposited between hawk and described cloth bag orifice plate at described bag-type dust.
By the above technical scheme that the utility model is conceived, compared with prior art, there is following beneficial effect:
1. integrated separator device of the present utility model cyclone dust removal, filler dust removal by filtration and bag-type dust three kinds of methods is integrated in an overall deduster in turn, and press respectively, in, on mode arrange, can reduce further bag-type dust investment and operating cost.Owing to adding cyclone dust collector (i.e. cyclone dust collectors) and filler dust removal by filtration device (i.e. filler filter collector) two-stage dedusting before bag-type dust, and their threes are spatially arranged to lower on solid arrange, the air outlet of previous stage dust arrester and the air inlet of rear stage dust arrester unite two into one, front and back stages deduster connecting line zero windage is docked, save equipment manufacturing cost and floor space, be specially adapted in small-sized dedusting operating mode.Simultaneously cloth bag does not adopt the method for compressed air blowback, and adopts the method for the cloth bag changing blocking in time, with the fault of the equipment investment and blowback system that reduce blowback cause dust pelletizing system to be run unreliability.
2. the utility model dust catcher device that whirlwind, filtration and bag-type dust three kinds of techniques are integrated in one, the dust collection method that this device is corresponding with this device is the fluid mechanics principle according to upward gas flow, namely dust-contained airflow (namely treating the air-flow of dedusting) is first through cyclone dust removal unit, large dust particle is deposited on cyclone dust removal unit first under the influence of centrifugal force, realizes elementary dedusting; The little dust particle of lightweight floats, and directly enter peri position in the filler dust removal by filtration unit of top, most of dust particle is intercepted at filler dust removal by filtration unit; More tiny dust particle continues to float, and directly enters peri position in the bag-type dust unit of higher top, and is tackled by cloth bag.By the bit-lane that the duster system that these three kinds of techniques are integrated in one is formed, the same with chimney stack, make air-flow have i on certain self-priming, decrease windage.Meanwhile, a part of dust particle itself is deposited on because of up gravitational resistance in the dust removing units of below.
3. the utility model is also provided with percussion mechanism in the susceptible to plugging filler filter collector of appearance (especially packing support orifice plate), regular or irregular jolt-packing can support orifice plate, (or even between the filler gap) dust making packing support orifice plate adheres to is shaken off to laying dust room; Pass through dust removal by filtration ash hole to laying dust room exhausting simultaneously, the dust be blocked on packing support orifice plate or even between filler gap can be discharged, realize the blocking cleaning of filler dedusting mechanism inside.
The utility model, by being undertaken integrated by three kinds of conventional dust collection methods, adopts between three kinds of dedusters without the direct docking of windage, and air-flow such as to float in turn at the method, overcome conventional dust removal device coupling windage greatly, take up an area large etc. shortcoming.Treat that first the dusty gas of dedusting removes the large dust granules in gas by cyclone dust collectors, then remove dust tiny in gas by filler filter collector, finally remove dust more tiny in gas by sack cleaner again.In addition, because sack cleaner prime is respectively arranged with cyclone dust removal, filler dust removal by filtration, the load of sack cleaner can be reduced, reduce blowback frequency, reduce compressed-air actuated energy consumption in blowback process, improve its job stability, extend the service life of sack cleaner.
On the other hand, the utility model takes measure on mass transfer, and by the method for depositing ash and deposition of rational intermediate transition, the dust of excessive section deposits eliminating in time.Such as below sack cleaner appropriate design deposit hawk and little tube bank thereof, both can ensure between filler dust removal by filtration and bag-type dust without windage passage, can ensure that again the dust separated from sack cleaner no longer turns back on the filter bed of filler filter collector.The dust granules collected in cyclone dust collectors, filler filter collector and sack cleaner can process (by ash hole etc.) in time when not affecting integrated dust arrester work, is convenient to plant maintenance.Such as, cloth bag orifice plate and bag-type dust deposit the dust that the space formed between hawk can be used in collecting dust-removing cloth bag, ventilation tube bank and bag-type dust ash hole are also deposited between hawk at cloth bag orifice plate and bag-type dust, ventilation tube bank is that (namely gas restrains the air intake coming cloth bag by ventilation for gas channel between filler filter collector and sack cleaner, enter dust-removal cloth-bag subsequently), the position of ventilation tube bank is avoided immediately below cloth sack, in order to avoid the dust in sack cleaner falls back to again filler dust removal by filtration.The height (position, gas outlet of tube bank of namely ventilating) of ventilation tube bank is higher than depositing the certain distance of hawk, control to deposit on hawk to deposit dust thickness by timely ash disposal, just can avoid ventilating and restrain the blocking of gas outlet, and the dust avoiding bag-type dust to filter turns back to again in filler filter collector.
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Fig. 1 is the utility model integrated separator device schematic diagram;
In figure, the implication of each Reference numeral is as follows: 1 is dust-removal cloth-bag, and 101 is bag-type dust cylindrical shell, and 102 is bag-type dust gas outlet, and 103 is the little tube bank of ventilation, and 104 deposit hawk for bag-type dust, and 105 is bag-type dust ash hole; 2 is filler filter collector, and 201 is filler import, and 202 is filler outlet, and 203 is dust removal by filtration laying dust room, and 3 is packing support orifice plate, and 4 is dust removal by filtration ash hole; 5 is cyclone dust removal tedge, and 6 is cyclone dust collectors, and 601 is cyclone dust removal cylindrical shell, and 7 is cyclone dust removal ash hole, and 8 is dusty gas air inlet.
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In order to make the purpose of this utility model, technical scheme and advantage clearly understand, below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, the utility model is further elaborated.Should be appreciated that specific embodiment described herein only in order to explain the utility model, and be not used in restriction the utility model.In addition, if below in described each embodiment of the utility model involved technical characteristic do not form conflict each other and just can mutually combine.
Embodiment 1
As shown in Figure 1, this integrated separator device comprises dust-removal cloth-bag 1, filler filter collector 2 and cyclone dust collectors 6 from top to bottom successively, and dust-removal cloth-bag 1, filler filter collector 2 and cyclone dust collectors 6 three vertically place, wherein,
Cyclone dust collectors 6 comprise cyclone dust removal air inlet (i.e. dusty gas air inlet 8) and cyclone dust removal gas outlet;
Filler filter collector 2 comprises packing support orifice plate 3, filler filtered air inlet and filler and filters out gas port, and packing support orifice plate 3 filters out between gas port at filler filtered air inlet and filler; Filler filtered air inlet is connected with cyclone dust removal gas outlet (such as, by the Flange joint at the flange at cyclone dust removal gas outlet place and filler filtered air inlet place); Filler filters out gas port and is connected with dust-removal cloth-bag 1;
Treat that the air-flow of dedusting enters this integrated separator device by cyclone dust removal air inlet, arrive dust-removal cloth-bag 1 final after cyclone dust collectors 6 and packing support orifice plate 3.
Filler filter collector 2 also comprises laying dust room, dust removal by filtration ash hole 4, filler import 201 and filler outlet 202; Filler dedusting laying dust room 203 is positioned at the front of airflow passes packing support orifice plate 3, and is connected with dust removal by filtration ash hole 4; It is other that filler import and filler outlet are all positioned at packing support orifice plate 3, for upgrading filler.
Dust-removal cloth-bag 1 filters out gas port by cloth bag orifice plate and filler and is connected, and cloth bag orifice plate is positioned at the top of filler filter collector; Dust-removal cloth-bag 1 is positioned at cloth bag outer cover, and this cloth bag outer cover also comprises cloth bag pylon and door changed by cloth bag; Dust-removal cloth-bag 1 can be multiple, and it is other that cloth bag pylon is positioned at dust-removal cloth-bag 1, for fixing dust-removal cloth-bag 1.Cloth bag is changed door and is positioned on cloth bag outer cover, for folding cloth bag outer cover.The other end of each cloth bag is closed, and cloth bag outer cover and filler filter collector tank body adopt Flange joint.The cloth bag of blocking does not adopt online ash removal (removing colmatation zone etc. as online blowback), but adopt grouping to regularly replace the mode of cloth bag (such as, open cloth bag and change door, take off needing the dust-removal cloth-bag changed from cloth bag pylon, and new dust-removal cloth-bag is arranged on cloth bag pylon, finally door changed by closed cloth bag), can inhale grey after taking off blocking cloth bag off-line in special mechanism and to wash deashing repeatedly for subsequent use.
Packing support orifice plate 3 being also provided with percussion mechanism, for vibrating this packing support orifice plate 3, shaking off the dust of accumulation on packing support orifice plate 3.The dust fallen can be accumulated in laying dust indoor, and clears up eventually through dust removal by filtration ash hole 4.
Because filler filter collector 2 is dust removal by filtration, more easily block.Therefore, the present embodiment is also in the front of airflow passes packing support orifice plate 3 and rear (the i.e. below of packing layer and top, packing support orifice plate 3 is for placing this packing layer) 1 pressure monitor is set at least respectively, for monitoring the air pressure of air-flow, thus judge the situation of packing layer Airflow obstruction.When the pressure monitor reading in front and the pressure monitor reading at rear exist significant difference, then the packing support orifice plate of fillers filter collector or packing layer block, and need to change or cleaning.
Carried out the method for dedusting by above-mentioned integrated separator device, comprise the following steps:
(1) treat that first the dusty gas of dedusting enters this integrated dust arrester from dusty gas air inlet, after cyclone dust removal cylindrical shell centrifugal dust-removing, dust granules in described gas is deposited on the bottom of described cyclone dust removal cylindrical shell, and the gas after cyclone dust removal then enters filler filter collector;
(2) gas entering described filler filter collector filters bed through filler and filters the dust granules removed in described gas further, and the gas after filler dust removal by filtration then enters sack cleaner;
(3) gas entering described sack cleaner removes the dust granules in described gas further through dust-removal cloth-bag, the gas after bag-type dust exports eventually through bag-type dust gas outlet.
Those skilled in the art will readily understand; the foregoing is only preferred embodiment of the present utility model; not in order to limit the utility model; all do within spirit of the present utility model and principle any amendment, equivalent to replace and improvement etc., all should be included within protection domain of the present utility model.
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1. an integrated separator device, is characterized in that, comprises cyclone dust collectors (6), filler filter collector (2) and sack cleaner, wherein,
Described cyclone dust collectors (6) comprise dusty gas air inlet (8), cyclone dust removal cylindrical shell (601), cyclone dust removal gas outlet and cyclone dust removal ash hole (7), and described dusty gas air inlet (8), described cyclone dust removal gas outlet and described cyclone dust removal ash hole (7) are distributed on described cyclone dust removal cylindrical shell (601);
Described filler filter collector (2) comprises packing support orifice plate (3), filler filtered air inlet and filler and filters bed, and described packing support orifice plate (3) is filtered between bed at described filler filtered air inlet and described filler;
Described sack cleaner comprises dust-removal cloth-bag (1), bag-type dust gas outlet (102) and bag-type dust ash hole (105), described bag-type dust gas outlet (102) is positioned at described dust-removal cloth-bag (1) top, and described bag-type dust ash hole (105) is positioned at described dust-removal cloth-bag (1) below;
Described filler filtered air inlet directly docks with described cyclone dust removal gas outlet; Described filler filter bed layer effluent air directly on enter described sack cleaner;
Treat that the air-flow of dedusting enters this integrated separator device by described dusty gas air inlet (8), after filtering bed through described cyclone dust collectors (6), described packing support orifice plate (3) and described filler, arrive described dust-removal cloth-bag (1), and export eventually through described bag-type dust gas outlet (102).
2. integrated separator device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described filler filter collector (2) also comprises dust removal by filtration laying dust room (203), dust removal by filtration ash hole (4), filler import (201) and filler outlet (202); Described dust removal by filtration laying dust room (203) is positioned at the front of packing support orifice plate (3) described in described airflow passes, and is connected with described dust removal by filtration ash hole (4); It is other that described filler import (201) and described filler outlet (202) are all positioned at described packing support orifice plate (3), for upgrading filler.
3. integrated separator device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described dust-removal cloth-bag (1) is positioned at cloth bag outer cover, and this cloth bag outer cover also comprises cloth bag pylon and door changed by cloth bag; It is other that described cloth bag pylon is positioned at described dust-removal cloth-bag (1), for fixing described dust-removal cloth-bag (1); Described cloth bag is changed door and is positioned on described cloth bag outer cover, for cloth bag outer cover described in folding.
4. integrated separator device as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described packing support orifice plate (3) is also provided with percussion mechanism, for vibrating this packing support orifice plate (3).
5. integrated separator device as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described in described airflow passes, the front of packing support orifice plate (3) and rear are provided with pressure monitor, for monitoring the air pressure of described air-flow.
6. integrated separator device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described cyclone dust collectors (6), described filler filter collector (2) and described sack cleaner three vertically place, described cyclone dust collectors (6) are positioned at below, described filler filter collector (2) is positioned at centre, and described sack cleaner is positioned at top.
7. integrated separator device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described sack cleaner also comprises cloth bag orifice plate, bag-type dust deposits hawk (104) and bag-type dust ash hole (105), and described cloth bag orifice plate is connected with described dust-removal cloth-bag (1); Described bag-type dust deposits the below that hawk (104) is positioned at described cloth bag orifice plate, and this bag-type dust is deposited on hawk (104) and is also distributed with some ventilations tube bank (103); Described ventilation tube bank (103) and described bag-type dust ash hole (105) are all positioned at described bag-type dust and deposit between hawk (104) and described cloth bag orifice plate.
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