CN208883635U - The ultraviolet device for strengthening ozone treatment country sewage is cooperateed with based on Hydrodynamic cavitation - Google Patents
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The ultraviolet device for strengthening ozone treatment country sewage is cooperateed with based on Hydrodynamic cavitation the utility model discloses a kind of, it includes water inlet pipe, ozone generator, venturi type water-gas mixer, hybrid reaction chamber, cavitation apparatus, water inlet pipe is connect with venturi type water-gas mixer water inlet, ozone generator is connected to by ozone delivery pipe with venturi type water-gas mixer, ozonation aerated pipe is provided on one end that ozone delivery pipe is located in venturi type water-gas mixer, venturi type water-gas mixer is connected to hybrid reaction chamber bottom side, the hybrid reaction chamber bottom other side is provided with water outlet, 2 cavitation apparatus are arranged in venturi type water-gas mixer, ultraviolet lamp is provided in hybrid reaction chamber;Utility model device structure is simple and convenient to operate, and ingenious joint ozone oxidation, Hydrodynamic cavitation and ultraviolet radioactive effect promote the generation of hydroxyl radical free radical OH, raising system oxidability, reduce ozone usage, the efficient oxidation hardly degraded organic substance and pathogenic microorganism, and significant effect.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to water treatment fields, and in particular to strengthen ozone using Hydrodynamic cavitation collaboration ultraviolet radioactive effect
The device of high-level oxidation technology advanced treating country sewage.
Background technique
With the raising of life in the countryside level, rural water amount is increasing, and the sewage quantity correspondingly generated is increasing,
These country sewages often only pass through simple process or not handling with regard to direct emission or for field irrigation, but at passing through
Also contain such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, chlorinated aromatic compounds of group and heterocycle compound pollution difficult to degrade in country sewage after reason
The pathogenic microorganisms such as object and excrement colibacillus group, grain and quality of vegetable can be reduced by being directly used in agricultural production, or even threaten people
Body health, and direct emission is bound to cause more serious environmental problem, thus processed country sewage discharge and reuse it
Before must carry out advanced treating.
Ozonation aerated at present is that China applies wider high-level oxidation technology, can not only significantly kill pathogenic microorganism, also
Hardly degraded organic substance can be aoxidized, and reduce COD of sewage, turbidity, coloration etc., it is an environmentally protective technology;But
In treatment process, ozone utilization rate is low, and some hardly degraded organic substances and pathogenic microorganism oxidation is not thorough, the micro- life of cause of disease
Object regrowth, causes secondary pollution of water;It is one for having much development and application prospect in recent years that Hydrodynamic cavitation, which combines ozone oxidation,
Novel water treatment technology;Hydrodynamic Cavitation Technology is easy to operate, and equipment requirement is low.Liquid flows through cavitation apparatus and forms cavitation bubble, empty
The shock wave of generation is crumbled and fall in bubble and jet stream can promote moisture quantum splitting to generate hydroxyl radical free radical OH, when OH oxidation of organic compounds
Without selectivity, react more thorough.In addition, the carbon key that powerful hydraulic shear can be destroyed, is broken on macromolecular main chain,
Achieve the purpose that degraded macromolecular organic matter.As a kind of Hydrodynamic cavitation of Li Qingfang et al. utility model and ozone coupling processing are dirty
The method of water is entered after cavitation apparatus by sewage and ozone and generates a large amount of free radicals, entered back into vertical tank and carry out reaction formation
Secondary treatment system.This method reaction process is cumbersome, and ozone usage is larger, needs to be further improved;Since ozone is in ultraviolet work
It also can produce hydroxyl radical free radical OH under, while ultraviolet also with good disinfection.
Summary of the invention
Aiming at the problems existing in the prior art, the utility model provides a kind of based on the ultraviolet reinforcing of Hydrodynamic cavitation collaboration
The device of ozone treatment country sewage, the device handle country sewage under the effect of ultraviolet radioactive, Hydrodynamic cavitation and ozone cooperative,
The joint of three kinds of technologies can significantly increase the oxidation susceptibility of system, improve ozone utilization rate, imitate the removal of dirty Organic substance in water
Rate is higher, promotes the oxidation of hardly degraded organic substance and the inactivation of pathogenic microorganism.
The utility model based on Hydrodynamic cavitation cooperate with it is ultraviolet strengthen ozone treatment country sewage device include water inlet pipe, it is smelly
Oxygen Generator, venturi type water-gas mixer, hybrid reaction chamber, cavitation apparatus, water inlet pipe and venturi type water-gas mixer into
Mouth of a river connection, ozone generator are connected to by ozone delivery pipe with venturi type water-gas mixer, and ozone delivery pipe is located at literary mound
In be provided with ozonation aerated pipe, venturi type water-gas mixer and hybrid reaction chamber bottom one on one end in formula water-gas mixer
Side connection, the hybrid reaction chamber bottom other side are provided with water outlet, and 2 cavitation apparatus are arranged in venturi type water-gas mixer
It is interior, ultraviolet lamp is provided in hybrid reaction chamber.
The water inlet pipe inlet is provided with strainer orifice plate, intercepts sewage residue.
The venturi type water-gas mixer is made of two Venturi tube connections, in the trunnion front end of two Venturi tubes
Place is respectively arranged with a cavitation apparatus, and cavitation apparatus includes circular orifice I, circular orifice II, and I diameter of circular orifice is greater than circle
Shape orifice plate II, the aperture in hole is respectively less than 5mm on circular orifice I, circular orifice II, and ozone generator is connected to be connect with water inlet pipe
Venturi tube trunnion at.
It is described that pressure gauge I, pressure gauge II are respectively arranged on the trunnion of two Venturi tubes.
The hybrid reaction chamber is by being connected to the hollow inverted U cabinet constituted, cabinet I and cabinet at the top of cabinet I, cabinet II
II junction is provided with arc groove, and 2 or more baffle of porous baffle are alternately provided on II inner wall of cabinet I and cabinet and are respectively formed
2 baffling channels on I right side inner wall of cabinet, are respectively arranged with more than one ultraviolet lamp I in II inner left wall of cabinet,
Hybrid reaction box top is provided with more than one ultraviolet lamp II, and the aperture in hole is less than 5mm on baffle of porous baffle.
Flowmeter is provided in the ozone delivery pipe.
Pressure gauge and regulating valve are provided on the water outlet of the hybrid reaction chamber.
Lampshade is provided on the ultraviolet lamp I and ultraviolet lamp II.
Ultraviolet lamp, ozone generator connect to power supply in the present apparatus.
The application method of above-mentioned apparatus, steps are as follows:
(1) sewage through water inlet pipe, cavitation apparatus by flowing into venturi type water-gas mixer after orifice plate strainer filtering;
(2) sewage quickly mixes in venturi type water-gas mixer with ozone, is generated rapidly by cavitation apparatus a large amount of
Hydroxyl radical free radical OH, sewage enter hybrid reaction chamber, and the concentration for being passed through ozone is 5-20g/ (Lh);
(3) sewage passes through baffling channel in hybrid reaction chamber, and in ozone oxidation, Hydrodynamic cavitation and ultraviolet radioactive three
The lower oxidation of collaboration, efficiently removes hardly degraded organic substance and pathogenic microorganism;It handles rear sewage up to standard and passes through water outlet discharge.
The utility model has the beneficial effects that:
(1) venturi type water-gas mixer is quickly dispersed in ozone in sewage, venturi type water-gas mixer and cavitation
So that hydraulic pressure rapidly changes, generation Hydrodynamic cavitation effect promotes mass transfer of the ozone in water body for the setting of device;
(2) intensifying device can be according to the water quality of pending water, flexible regulation ozone flow and ultraviolet lamp work
Quantity reaches optimal wastewater treatment efficiency with least resource consumption;
(3) the two-fold circulation road being arranged in the hybrid reaction chamber of the intensifying device, not only increases dwell time of sewage, makes
Ozone utilization rate greatly improves, and also reduces the occupied area of device;
(4) Hydrodynamic cavitation effect and ultraviolet radioactive accelerate extra ozone stronger to oxidability through reacting always
Hydroxyl radical free radical OH conversion, whole system oxidability improve, efficiently thoroughly oxidation hardly degraded organic substance and the micro- life of cause of disease
Object.
(5) utility model device structure is simple, easy to operate, is suitble to industrialized production and marketing application.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is utility model device structural schematic diagram;
In figure: 1- strainer orifice plate;2- water inlet pipe;3- ozone generator;4- ozone delivery pipe;5- flowmeter;6- pressure gauge
Ⅰ;7- venturi type water-gas mixer;8- pressure gauge II;9- hybrid reaction cabinet;10- baffle of porous baffle;11- ultraviolet lamp I;12- is smelly
Oxygen aeration tube;13- ultraviolet lamp II;14- arc groove;15- regulating valve;16- water outlet;17- circular orifice I;18- circular orifice
Ⅱ;19- cabinet I;20- cabinet II.
Specific embodiment
The utility model is described in further detail below by drawings and examples, but scope of protection of the utility model
It is not limited to the content.
Embodiment 1: as shown in Figure 1, cooperateing with the ultraviolet device packet for strengthening ozone treatment country sewage based on Hydrodynamic cavitation
Water inlet pipe 2, ozone generator 3, venturi type water-gas mixer 7, hybrid reaction chamber 9, cavitation apparatus are included, wherein venturi type water
Gas mixer 7 is made of two Venturi tube connections, and a cavitation is respectively arranged at the trunnion front end of two Venturi tubes
Device, cavitation apparatus include circular orifice I 17, circular orifice II 18, and I diameter of circular orifice is greater than circular orifice II, round hole
The aperture in hole is 3mm on plate I, circular orifice II;Water inlet pipe 2 is connect with 7 water inlet of venturi type water-gas mixer, water inlet pipe
2 inlet are provided with strainer orifice plate 1, the trunnion for the Venturi tube that ozone generator 3 is connect by ozone delivery pipe 4 with water inlet pipe
Locate, is provided with ozonation aerated pipe 12, ozone delivery pipe 4 on one end that ozone delivery pipe 4 is located in venturi type water-gas mixer 7
On be provided with flowmeter 5;Venturi type water-gas mixer 7 is connected to 9 bottom side of hybrid reaction chamber, 9 bottom of hybrid reaction chamber
The other side is provided with water outlet 16;Hybrid reaction chamber 9 is to be connected to the hollow inverted U constituted by cabinet I 19 with II 20 top of cabinet
Cabinet, cabinet I 19 and II 20 junction of cabinet are provided with arc groove 14, are arranged alternately on II 20 inner wall of cabinet I 19 and cabinet
There are 3 baffle of porous baffle 10 to be respectively formed 2 baffling channels, the aperture in hole is 3mm on baffle of porous baffle;In I 19 right side inner wall of cabinet
Above, it is respectively arranged with 2 ultraviolet lamps I 11 in II 20 inner left wall of cabinet, 3 ultraviolet lamps is provided at the top of hybrid reaction chamber 9
Ⅱ13。
Above-mentioned apparatus is used in the processing of the country sewage biochemical tail water in village, Yunnan Province, which is
Slurry, the country sewage biochemical tail water COD are 186mg/L, NH3- N is 42 mg/L, TP 19mg/L, excrement colibacillus group
Number > 1.5 × 104A/100mL, roundworm egg > 12/L.After the sewage is filtered by orifice plate strainer 1, through water inlet pipe 2, cavitation
Device flows into venturi type water-gas mixer 7;Ozone generator 3 passes through ozone delivery pipe 4 to venturi type water-gas mixer
Delivery of ozone, and adjusting ozone flow by flowmeter 5 is 10g/ (Lh);Sewage flows through in venturi type water-gas mixer
Cavitation apparatus generates Hydrodynamic cavitation effect, and ozone is quickly dispersed in sewage, while cavitation effect promotes ozone in water body
Mass transfer, and ozone and water-molecule dissociation is promoted to generate great amount of hydroxy group free radical OH;Country sewage biochemical tail water to be processed
Enter hybrid reaction chamber by venturi type water-gas mixer, in the baffling channel of cabinet I, the setting of ultraviolet lamp I 11 accelerates
Ozone is converted to OH, and the Hydrodynamic cavitation effect that incorporate voids baffle 10 generates is induced OH chain reaction, generated using ozone
Endlessly OH is reacted with hardly degraded organic substance and pathogenic microorganism;Top is equipped with ultraviolet lamp II in hybrid reaction chamber
13, the baffling channel of left and right two inside hybrid reaction chamber is connected by arc groove 14, and arc groove 14 can be with temporary cache
By the country sewage that left side baffling channel is handled, the ultraviolet lamp II 13 on top radiates the sewage cached in arc groove 14, reaches
To the effect of further oxidation sterilizing;The sewage of caching be stored at arc groove 14 it is a certain amount of, just flow into the right by with holes
The baffling channel that baffle 10 is formed, similarly sewage and remaining ozone are in right side baffling channel by ultraviolet lamp I in cabinet II 20
Radiation and baffle of porous baffle Hydrodynamic cavitation effect under, formed have strong oxidizing property OH, rapidly with it is difficult to degrade in sewage
Organic matter and pathogenic microorganism are thoroughly eliminated;Waterpower can be set and stopped according to country sewage water quality adjustment ultraviolet lamp working quantity
Stay the time;The sewage handled flow to hybrid reaction chamber bottom through II baffling channel of cabinet, flows out through water outlet 16.
The water quality of the country sewage is obviously improved after treatment, and COD drops to 73mg/L, NH3- N drops to 13.2
Mg/L, TP drop to 6.6 mg/L, excrement colibacillus group number < 0.3 × 104A/100mL, roundworm egg < 2/L, the water water quality meet
The requirement of " agricultural irrigation water quality standard " (GB 5084-2005), while also meeting " urban wastewater treatment firm pollutant emission mark
It is quasi- " (GB 18918-2002) discharge standard.
Embodiment 2: with embodiment 1, difference is the present embodiment apparatus structure: the aperture in hole is 4mm on circular orifice I,
The aperture in hole is 2mm on circular orifice II, and the aperture in hole is 4mm on baffle of porous baffle;On the trunnion of two Venturi tubes respectively
It is provided with pressure gauge I 6, pressure gauge II 8, for detecting venturi type water-gas mixer internal pressure, thus to adjust water inlet water
Pressure guarantees reactor safety;It is provided with pressure gauge and regulating valve 15 on the water outlet 16 of hybrid reaction chamber 9, for putting for water outlet
Out;
Yunnan Province village carries out milk cattle cultivating, and country sewage is concentrated and carries out biochemical treatment by village, then carries out farmland
Reuse discharges into river around, and the present embodiment handles biochemical tail water, and biochemical tail water COD is 219mg/L, NH3- N is
52 mg/L, TP are 17 mg/L, excrement colibacillus group number > 0.9 × 104A/100ml, roundworm egg > 8/L, by the tail water through hole
After plate strainer filtering, flowed into venturi type water-gas mixer through water inlet pipe, cavitation apparatus;Sewage is mixed in venturi type aqueous vapor
It is quickly mixed in clutch with ozone, generates great amount of hydroxy group free radical OH rapidly by cavitation apparatus, sewage enters hybrid reaction
Case, the concentration for being passed through ozone is 15g/ (Lh);Sewage passes through baffling channel in hybrid reaction chamber, and in ozone oxidation, water
Power cavitation and the lower oxidation of ultraviolet radioactive three collaboration, efficiently remove hardly degraded organic substance and pathogenic microorganism;Sewage is logical after processing
Water outlet discharge is crossed, country sewage biochemical tail water COD drops to 74mg/L, NH after treatment3- N drops to 13.5 mg/
L, TP drop to 6.9mg/L, excrement colibacillus group number < 0.1 × 104A/100ml, roundworm egg < 2/L.After this method is handled
Water meet the requirement of " agricultural irrigation water quality standard " (GB 5084-2005), while also meeting Shanxi Province, Hebei province, Hui Nation In Ningxia
The ground such as autonomous region, race publication about domestic sewage in rural areas discharge standard.
Claims (8)
1. a kind of cooperate with the ultraviolet device for strengthening ozone treatment country sewage based on Hydrodynamic cavitation, it is characterised in that: including water inlet
Manage (2), ozone generator (3), venturi type water-gas mixer (7), hybrid reaction chamber (9), cavitation apparatus, water inlet pipe (2) with
The connection of venturi type water-gas mixer (7) water inlet, ozone generator (3) pass through ozone delivery pipe (4) and venturi type aqueous vapor
Mixer (7) is connected to, and is provided on one end that ozone delivery pipe (4) is located in venturi type water-gas mixer (7) ozonation aerated
It manages (12), venturi type water-gas mixer (7) is connected to hybrid reaction chamber (9) bottom side, and hybrid reaction chamber (9) bottom is another
Side is provided with water outlet (16), and 2 cavitation apparatus settings are set in hybrid reaction chamber (9) in venturi type water-gas mixer (7)
It is equipped with ultraviolet lamp.
2. according to claim 1 cooperate with the ultraviolet device for strengthening ozone treatment country sewage based on Hydrodynamic cavitation, special
Sign is: water inlet pipe (2) inlet is provided with strainer orifice plate (1).
3. according to claim 1 cooperate with the ultraviolet device for strengthening ozone treatment country sewage based on Hydrodynamic cavitation, special
Sign is: venturi type water-gas mixer (7) is made of two Venturi tube connections, at the trunnion front end of two Venturi tubes
It is respectively arranged with a cavitation apparatus, cavitation apparatus includes circular orifice I (17), circular orifice II (18), I diameter of circular orifice
Greater than circular orifice II, the aperture in hole is respectively less than 5mm on circular orifice I, circular orifice II, ozone generator (3) be connected to
At the trunnion of the Venturi tube of water inlet pipe connection.
4. according to claim 3 cooperate with the ultraviolet device for strengthening ozone treatment country sewage based on Hydrodynamic cavitation, special
Sign is: pressure gauge I (6), pressure gauge II (8) are respectively arranged on the trunnion of two Venturi tubes.
5. according to claim 1 cooperate with the ultraviolet device for strengthening ozone treatment country sewage based on Hydrodynamic cavitation, special
Sign is: hybrid reaction chamber (9) is by being connected to the hollow inverted U cabinet constituted, cabinet at the top of cabinet I (19) and cabinet II (20)
I (19) and cabinet II (20) junction are provided with arc groove (14), are arranged alternately on cabinet I (19) and cabinet II (20) inner wall
There are 2 or more baffle of porous baffle (10) to be respectively formed 2 baffling channels, on the inner wall of cabinet I (19) right side, in cabinet II (20)
It is respectively arranged with more than one ultraviolet lamp I (11) in inner left wall, is provided with more than one purple at the top of hybrid reaction chamber (9)
Outer lamp II (13), the aperture in hole is less than 5mm on baffle of porous baffle.
6. according to claim 1 cooperate with the ultraviolet device for strengthening ozone treatment country sewage based on Hydrodynamic cavitation, special
Sign is: flowmeter (5) are provided in ozone delivery pipe (4).
7. according to claim 1 cooperate with the ultraviolet device for strengthening ozone treatment country sewage based on Hydrodynamic cavitation, special
Sign is: being provided with pressure gauge and regulating valve (15) on the water outlet (16) of hybrid reaction chamber (9).
8. according to claim 5 cooperate with the ultraviolet device for strengthening ozone treatment country sewage based on Hydrodynamic cavitation, special
Sign is: being provided with lampshade on ultraviolet lamp I (11) and ultraviolet lamp II (13).
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