CN207596543U - A kind of micro-pore oxygenation aerating system - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a kind of micro-pore oxygenation aerating system, wherein, the micro-pore oxygenation aerating system includes:Protective cover, control device, blower device and aerator, the control device and the blower device are respectively positioned in the protective cover, and the control device is connected with the blower device, the aerator is connect with the blower device, the protective cover, control device and blower device are arranged on embankment, the aerator is arranged in river, the blower device can be connect by the control device with power supply, and the opening and closing of the blower device can be controlled, the blower device can convey air when opening to the aerator, multiple micropores are provided on the aerator, air can be diffused into the water in river by the aerator by the micropore.Micro-pore oxygenation aerating system provided by the utility model effectively increases the oxygen content in river in water.
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Technical field
The utility model is related to water process environmental technology field more particularly to a kind of micro-pore oxygenation aerating systems.
Background technology
There is serious pollutions mostly for the surface water bodies such as river and lake, reservoir, the pond in China.A large amount of untreated work
Industry sewage, sanitary sewage, agricultural irrigation waste water are directly discharged into surface water body, cause the frequent hair of water pollution and eutrophication
It is raw.Pollutant falls to the bottom mostly since proportion is bigger than water, and a large amount of contaminant degradation has been more than the self-purification capacity of water body,
The oxygen of bottom water body is consumed, bottom water body is made to be chronically at anaerobic condition.Hypoxgia is dissolved, pollutant anaerobic digestion will generate
Foul smell and black liquor, cause black and odorous water.
The aerating system of general traditional handicraft usually makes air dissolve in water by blender etc., costly, complicated,
Noise is big, and oxygenation effect is poor, and dead angle is easily formed water-bed, and the aerobic bacteria in water body processing, which is lived and reproduced, which can all generate inhibition, makees
With so as to reduce Aerobic Process for Treatment effect.
Therefore, how to improve water-bed oxygen content becomes the technical issues of those skilled in the art are urgently to be resolved hurrily.
Invention content
The utility model is intended at least solve one of technical problem in the prior art, provides a kind of micro-pore oxygenation and exposes
Gas system, to solve the problems of the prior art.
As the one side of the utility model, a kind of micro-pore oxygenation aerating system is provided, wherein, the micro-pore oxygenation exposes
Gas system includes:Protective cover, control device, blower device and aerator, the control device and the equal position of the blower device
In in the protective cover, and the control device is connected with the blower device, and the aerator connects with the blower device
It connects, the protective cover, control device and blower device are arranged on embankment, and the aerator is arranged in river, the control
The blower device can be connect by device processed with power supply, and can control the opening and closing of the blower device, the drum
Wind apparatus can convey air when opening to the aerator, and multiple micropores, the exposure are provided on the aerator
Air can be diffused into the water in river by device of air by the micropore.
Preferably, the control device include time switch, the time switch can by the blower device with it is described
Power supply connects, and the time switch can control the opening and closing of the blower device according to preset time.
Preferably, the control device further includes earth leakage circuit-breaker, the earth leakage circuit-breaker and the time switch
It is connected in series with, the earth leakage circuit-breaker can protect the blower device when leaking electricity.
Preferably, the blower device includes air compressor machine, and one end of the air compressor machine is connect with the time switch, described
The other end of air compressor machine is connect with the air inlet of the aerator, and the air compressor machine can be under the control of the time switch
Air is conveyed to the aerator.
Preferably, the blower device further includes silencer, one end of the silencer and the gas outlet of the air compressor machine
Connection, the other end of the silencer are connect with the air inlet of the aerator, and the silencer can reduce the pneumatics
The sound of the gas outlet of machine.
Preferably, the aerator includes connection flexible pipe and aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself, a part of position of the connection flexible pipe
In outside the river, another part of the connection flexible pipe is located in the water in the river, and the aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself is located at
In water in the river, one end of the connection flexible pipe is the air inlet of the aerator, the connection flexible pipe it is another
End is connect with the air inlet of the aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself, and the air that the air compressor machine conveys can be transmitted to by the connection flexible pipe
It is described to drown oneself in aeration flexible pipe, multiple micropores are provided on the tube wall of the aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself, the aeration of drowning oneself is soft
The air can be diffused into the water in river by pipe by the micropore.
Preferably, the aerator includes adapter and two aeration flexible pipes of drowning oneself, and the adapter includes three phases
Intercommunicated port, the first port of the adapter are connect with the connection flexible pipe, the second port of the adapter and one
Aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself described in root connects, and the third port of the adapter is connect with aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself described in another, described
Air inlet of the first port of adapter for the aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself, the separate switching for aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself described in two
One end of head is blocked.
Preferably, the aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself includes solid hose and aeration flexible pipe, the outer wall of the solid hose and institute
The outer wall of aeration flexible pipe is stated by adhesives, the density of the solid hose is more than the density of the aeration flexible pipe, described
Solid hose can support the aeration flexible pipe, and multiple micropores, the aeration flexible pipe are provided on the tube wall of the aeration flexible pipe
Air is diffused in the water in the river by the micropore.
Preferably, the tube wall of the aeration flexible pipe is uniformly distributed multiple micropores on the region far from the solid hose.
Preferably, exhaust fan is provided on the protective cover, the protective cover can be to the control device and the drum
Wind apparatus is insulated and is radiated.
Micro-pore oxygenation aerating system provided by the utility model controls the work of blower device, air blast by control device
Device can convey air to aerator, and aerator is arranged in river, and multiple micropores are set on aerator, aeration
Air is diffused into river by device by micropore, can be significantly increased the oxygen content of the water in river, and also have it is simple in structure,
The advantage of install convenient.
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Attached drawing is to be used to provide a further understanding of the present invention, and a part for constitution instruction, and following
Specific embodiment together for explaining the utility model, but do not form the limitation to the utility model.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is the structure diagram of micro-pore oxygenation aerating system provided by the utility model.
Fig. 2 is the schematic cross-section of aeration flexible pipe provided by the utility model of drowning oneself.
Specific embodiment
Specific embodiment of the present utility model is described in detail below in conjunction with attached drawing.It should be understood that herein
Described specific embodiment is only used for describing and explaining the present invention, and is not intended to limit the utility model.
As the one side of the utility model, a kind of micro-pore oxygenation aerating system is provided, wherein, as shown in Figure 1, described
Micro-pore oxygenation aerating system includes:Protective cover 1, control device 2, blower device 3 and aerator 4, the control device 2 and institute
It states blower device 3 to be respectively positioned in the protective cover 1, and the control device 2 and the blower device 3 connect, the aeration dress
It puts 4 to connect with the blower device 3, the protective cover 1, control device 2 and blower device 3 are arranged on embankment, the aeration
Device 4 is arranged in river, and the blower device 3 can be connect by the control device 2 with power supply 5, and can be controlled described
The opening and closing of blower device 3, the blower device 3 can convey air, the exposure when opening to the aerator 4
It is provided with multiple micropores on device of air 4, air can be diffused into the water in river by the aerator 4 by the micropore
In.
Micro-pore oxygenation aerating system provided by the utility model controls the work of blower device, air blast by control device
Device can convey air to aerator, and aerator is arranged in river, and multiple micropores are set on aerator, aeration
Air is diffused into river by device by micropore, can be significantly increased the oxygen content of the water in river, and also have it is simple in structure,
The advantage of install convenient.
As the specific embodiment of the control device 2, the control device 2 includes time switch 21, the time control
The blower device 3 can be connect by switch 21 with the power supply 5, and the time switch 21 can control institute according to preset time
State the opening and closing of blower device 3.
Specifically, the time switch 21 can be recycled with day or week, and control blower device that can be multi-period is opened
It closes, once sets permanently effective, so as to fulfill the automatic open close of blower device, can be required according to required aeration come when adjusting
Between, and realize unattended.
Further specifically, the control device 2 further includes earth leakage circuit-breaker 22, the earth leakage circuit-breaker 22 and institute
It states time switch 21 to be connected in series with, the earth leakage circuit-breaker 22 can protect the blower device 3 when leaking electricity
Shield.
It is understood that by setting earth leakage circuit-breaker 22 that can avoid electric leakage hidden danger.
As the specific embodiment of the blower device 3, the blower device 3 includes air compressor machine 31, the air compressor machine
31 one end is connect with the time switch 21, and the other end of the air compressor machine 31 is connect with the air inlet of the aerator 4,
The air compressor machine 31 can convey air under the control of the time switch 21 to the aerator 4.
Further specifically, the blower device 3 further includes silencer 32, one end and the pneumatics of the silencer 32
The gas outlet connection of machine 31, the other end of the silencer 32 are connect with the air inlet of the aerator 4, the silencer 32
The sound of the gas outlet of the air compressor machine 31 can be reduced.
It is understood that by setting silencer 32, noise can be reduced, and the silencer 32 has small, peace
The features such as filling convenient, low noise is suitble to residential neighborhoods river regulation to use.
As the specific embodiment of the aerator 4, the aerator 4 includes connection flexible pipe 41 and aeration of drowning oneself
Hose 42, a part for the connection flexible pipe 41 are located at outside the river, and another part of the connection flexible pipe 41 is positioned at described
In water in river, in the water that aeration flexible pipe 42 is located in the river of drowning oneself, one end of the connection flexible pipe 41 is institute
The air inlet of aerator 4 is stated, the other end of the connection flexible pipe 41 is connect with the air inlet for drowning oneself aeration flexible pipe 42, institute
State connection flexible pipe 41 air that the air compressor machine 31 conveys can be transmitted to it is described drown oneself in aeration flexible pipe 42, the exposure of drowning oneself
It is provided with multiple micropores on the tube wall of gas hose 42, the aeration flexible pipe 42 of drowning oneself can be by the micropore by the sky
Gas is diffused into the water in river.
Further specifically, the aerator 4 includes adapter 43 and two aeration flexible pipes 42 of drowning oneself, the adapter
43 include three interconnected ports, and the first port of the adapter 43 is connect with the connection flexible pipe 41, the switching
First 43 second port is connect with aeration flexible pipe 42 of drowning oneself described in one, the third port of the adapter 43 with another described in
Aeration flexible pipe 42 of drowning oneself connects, the air inlet of the first port of the adapter 43 for the aeration flexible pipe 43 of drowning oneself, two institutes
The one end far from the adapter 43 for stating aeration flexible pipe 42 of drowning oneself is blocked.
Specifically, the aeration flexible pipe 42 of drowning oneself is exposed using the efficient microbubble plume dispersion of high-strength corrosion-resisting material
Gas device.The own wt of the aeration flexible pipe 42 of drowning oneself is more than the density of water, can sink to middle part river bed certainly, installation is simple, is not easy dirt
Dye, operation and maintenance are convenient;And pipeline can free bend, do not knot, without other movable parts, have oxygen mass transfer it is efficient,
Low energy consumption, floor space is small, does not influence the advantages of waterway transport etc..Since there are pipeline internal pressure, the solarization air cap on wall exists
When being stopped, solarization air cap can be closed automatically, and water is made not enter in aeration flexible pipe.
Further, as shown in Fig. 2, the aeration flexible pipe 42 of drowning oneself includes solid hose A and aeration flexible pipe B, the reality
The outer wall of the outer wall of soft-hearted pipe A and the aeration flexible pipe B are by adhesives, and the density of the solid hose A is more than described
The density of aeration flexible pipe B, the solid hose A can support the aeration flexible pipe B, be set on the tube wall of the aeration flexible pipe B
There are multiple micropores, the aeration flexible pipe B is diffused to air in the water in the river by the micropore.
It should be noted that the aeration flexible pipe 42 of drowning oneself is bonded by the hose of two kinds of different densities, wherein being responsible for
The solid hose A density of support is slightly larger than water, can voluntarily be sunken to water-bed surface layer and aeration flexible pipe B is avoided to bend stuffiness,
It is responsible for the aeration flexible pipe B of aeration since density is small, pipe upward, can make aeration flexible pipe B on top, avoid being aerated in solid hose A
Hose B is sunken in mud, and when aeration can also reduce bed mud disturbance, and there are accurate perforation in aeration flexible pipe B both sides, can pass through micropore
Air is uniformly diffused into water body.
Further, the tube wall of the aeration flexible pipe B is uniformly distributed multiple micro- on the region far from the solid hose A
Hole.
In order to realize heat dissipation, exhaust fan is provided on the protective cover 1, the protective cover 1 can be to the control device 2
It is insulated and is radiated with the blower device 3.
It is understood that the protective cover 1 uses insulating materials, including air compressor machine 31 and control device 2 are protected, and
Exhaust fan is equipped with, there is windproof and rain proof, insulation protection and heat sinking function.
With reference to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 to the structure and its operation principle of micro-pore oxygenation aerating system provided by the utility model
It is described in detail.
As shown in Figure 1, micro-pore oxygenation aerating system provided by the utility model includes the protective cover 1 being set on embankment, position
In the control device 2 in protective cover 1(Control device 2 includes time switch 21 and earth leakage protective 22)With blower device 3(Air blast
Device 3 includes air compressor machine 31 and silencer 32)And the aerator 4 in the water body in river(Aerator 4 includes connecting
Connect hose 41, drown oneself aeration flexible pipe 42 and adapter 43)Composition.Blower device 3 is connected by the control device 2 with power supply 5,
Time switch 21 therein and earth leakage protective 22 are connected in series with.The gas outlet of the air compressor machine 31 is connected with muffler 32, noise reduction
Device 32 is connect by connection flexible pipe 41 with the air inlet for aeration flexible pipe 42 of drowning oneself, and compressed air is delivered to aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself
42, air is uniformly transported in water body by the micropore being distributed on aeration flexible pipe 42 of drowning oneself, realizes aeration performance.
As shown in Fig. 2, the aeration flexible pipe 42 of drowning oneself is that a hose by two kinds of different densities is bonded, end can
Closing.Wherein it is responsible for the solid hose A density of support slightly larger than water, can be voluntarily sunken to water-bed surface layer and avoid aeration flexible pipe
Stuffiness is bent, is responsible for the aeration flexible pipe B of aeration since density is small, pipe upward, can make aeration flexible pipe B in the upper of solid hose A
Portion avoids aeration flexible pipe B from being sunken in mud, and when aeration can also reduce bed mud disturbance, and be uniformly distributed on the tube wall of aeration flexible pipe B
Air is uniformly diffused into water body by micropore by micropore, while by the tension force effect of water, and the solarization air cap on tube wall is stopping work
When making, solarization air cap can be closed automatically, and water is made not enter in aeration flexible pipe.In addition, aeration of drowning oneself described in the aerator 4
Hose 42 is connected by adapter 43, and end is closed, the S-type arrangement in river.
It is understood that embodiment of above is merely to illustrate that the principle of the utility model and uses exemplary
Embodiment, however the utility model is not limited thereto.For those skilled in the art, this is not being departed from
In the case of the spirit and essence of utility model, various changes and modifications can be made therein, these variations and modifications are also considered as this reality
With novel protection domain.
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1. a kind of micro-pore oxygenation aerating system, which is characterized in that the micro-pore oxygenation aerating system includes:Protective cover, control dress
It puts, blower device and aerator, the control device and the blower device are respectively positioned in the protective cover, and the control
Device is connected with the blower device, and the aerator is connect with the blower device, the protective cover, control device and drum
Wind apparatus is arranged on embankment, and the aerator is arranged in river, the control device can by the blower device with
Power supply connects, and can control the opening and closing of the blower device, and the blower device can be when opening to the exposure
Device of air conveys air, is provided with multiple micropores on the aerator, and the aerator can will be empty by the micropore
Gas is diffused into the water in river.
2. micro-pore oxygenation aerating system according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the control device is opened including time control
It closes, the blower device can be connect by the time switch with the power supply, and the time switch can be according to preset time
Control the opening and closing of the blower device.
3. micro-pore oxygenation aerating system according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the control device further includes electric leakage and protects
Shield switch, the earth leakage circuit-breaker are connected in series with the time switch, and the earth leakage circuit-breaker can leak electricity
When the blower device is protected.
4. micro-pore oxygenation aerating system according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the blower device includes air compressor machine,
One end of the air compressor machine is connect with the time switch, and the other end of the air compressor machine and the air inlet of the aerator connect
It connects, the air compressor machine can convey air under the control of the time switch to the aerator.
5. micro-pore oxygenation aerating system according to claim 4, which is characterized in that the blower device further includes noise elimination
Device, one end of the silencer are connect with the gas outlet of the air compressor machine, the other end of the silencer and the aerator
Air inlet connection, the silencer can reduce the sound of the gas outlet of the air compressor machine.
6. micro-pore oxygenation aerating system according to claim 4, which is characterized in that the aerator includes connection flexible pipe
With aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself, a part for the connection flexible pipe is located at outside the river, and another part of the connection flexible pipe is located at
In water in the river, in the water that aeration flexible pipe is located in the river of drowning oneself, one end of the connection flexible pipe is institute
The air inlet of aerator is stated, the other end of the connection flexible pipe is connect with the air inlet of the aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself, the company
Connect hose the air that the air compressor machine conveys can be transmitted to it is described drown oneself in aeration flexible pipe, the pipe of the aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself
Multiple micropores are provided on wall, the air can be diffused into river by the aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself by the micropore
Water in.
7. micro-pore oxygenation aerating system according to claim 6, which is characterized in that the aerator include adapter and
Two aeration flexible pipes of drowning oneself, the adapter include three interconnected ports, the first port of the adapter with it is described
Connection flexible pipe connects, and the second port of the adapter is connect with aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself described in one, the third of the adapter
Port is connect with aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself described in another, and the first port of the adapter is the air inlet of the aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself
Mouthful, the one end far from the adapter for aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself described in two is blocked.
8. micro-pore oxygenation aerating system according to claim 6, which is characterized in that the aeration flexible pipe of drowning oneself includes solid
Hose and aeration flexible pipe, the outer wall of the solid hose and the outer wall of the aeration flexible pipe are described solid by adhesives
The density of hose is more than the density of the aeration flexible pipe, and the solid hose can support the aeration flexible pipe, and the aeration is soft
Multiple micropores are provided on the tube wall of pipe, air is diffused to the water in the river by the micropore by the aeration flexible pipe
In.
9. micro-pore oxygenation aerating system according to claim 8, which is characterized in that the tube wall of the aeration flexible pipe is separate
Multiple micropores are uniformly distributed on the region of the solid hose.
10. micro-pore oxygenation aerating system as claimed in any of claims 1 to 9, which is characterized in that the protective cover
On be provided with exhaust fan, the protective cover can be insulated and be radiated to the control device and the blower device.
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