CN213537264U - Automobile-used urea filling machine with filter equipment - Google Patents

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CN213537264U
CN213537264U CN202022394110.4U CN202022394110U CN213537264U CN 213537264 U CN213537264 U CN 213537264U CN 202022394110 U CN202022394110 U CN 202022394110U CN 213537264 U CN213537264 U CN 213537264U
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The utility model discloses a vehicle urea filling machine with a filtering device, which comprises a cabinet body and a cabinet door, wherein the cabinet body is sequentially divided into an electric appliance mounting area and an equipment mounting area from top to bottom by a transverse clapboard; the solution tank is arranged at the rear side of the cabinet body and used for storing the urea solution for the vehicle; a liquid inlet is arranged at the top of the solution tank, and a basket type filter screen is arranged in the liquid inlet; the liquid outlet system comprises a liquid outlet pipe, a pump inlet valve, a liquid outlet pump, a precision pipeline filter, a liquid outlet short connecting pipe, a liquid outlet hose and a filling gun which are connected in sequence. The utility model discloses a set up at the prefilter of solution tank import and the accurate pipe-line filter of solution pump export, impurity in can effective filtration sneak into the urea solution prevents the jam of the electric elements on the filling machine pipeline, guarantees electric elements's safe operation and sensitivity.

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Automobile-used urea filling machine with filter equipment
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a filling equipment, concretely relates to automobile-used urea filling machine with filter equipment.
Background
To be full ofThe method mainly comprises two modes of improving fuel quality and purifying tail gas, and the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology is an efficient tail gas purification technology and can reduce 80-90% of diesel engine tail gas NOXAnd (4) content. The reducing agent used in SCR technology is mainly vehicle urea solution, and 32.5% (mass fraction) of atomized urea solution is sprayed in tail gas to remove NOXReducing the nitrogen and the water.
The urea filling machine is a common device for filling urea solution to an automobile, the existing urea filling machine is generally provided with a urea dissolving tank, a solution pump, a filling hose and a filling gun, and when the urea solution is filled to the automobile, the urea solution in the urea dissolving tank is filled into an automobile urea cylinder through the filling hose and the filling gun by using the solution pump.
As part of external impurities are mixed in the urea solution in the transportation and storage processes, the electric element is arranged on the pipeline of the filling machine, and the impurities can block the electric element and reduce the sensitivity of the electric element along with the accumulation of the filling quantity, so that the operating parameters of the electric element are inaccurate, the phenomenon of excessive filling quantity or insufficient filling quantity occurs, economic loss is caused, even the electric element is burnt, fire is caused, and the personal safety is endangered.
On the other hand, since the solubility of urea varies with temperature, the solubility of the urea solution stored in the dissolution tank decreases due to the decrease in ambient temperature at the portion near the filler shell, which causes the concentration of urea in the dissolution tank to vary, and affects the denitrification effect. The existing urea filling machine has no heat preservation measures, and when the weather is cold, the urea solution at the bottom of the solution tank and in the filling rubber pipe is easy to crystallize, so that the urea filling of a vehicle is difficult and the concentration of the urea solution in the dissolving tank is reduced.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides a vehicle urea filling machine with filter equipment.
The utility model adopts the technical proposal that:
a vehicle urea filling machine with a filtering device comprises a cabinet body and a cabinet door, wherein the cabinet door is installed on one side of the cabinet body through a hinge, the interior of the cabinet body is sequentially divided into an electric appliance installation area and an equipment installation area from top to bottom through a transverse partition plate, the electric appliance installation area is used for installing equipment electrical elements, and a solution tank and a liquid outlet system are arranged in the equipment installation area; the solution tank is arranged at the rear side of the cabinet body and used for storing the urea solution for the vehicle; a liquid inlet is arranged at the top of the solution tank, and a basket type filter screen is arranged in the liquid inlet; the liquid outlet system comprises a liquid outlet pipe, a pump inlet valve, a liquid outlet pump, a precision pipeline filter, a liquid outlet short connecting pipe, a liquid outlet hose and a filling gun; the liquid outlet pump is arranged on the front side of the solution tank, one end of the liquid outlet pipe is connected with the solution tank, the other end of the liquid outlet pipe is connected with the liquid outlet pump through a pump inlet valve, the outlet of the liquid outlet pump is connected with the precision pipeline filter, the outlet of the precision pipeline filter is connected with the liquid outlet short connecting pipe, the liquid outlet short connecting pipe is connected with the filling gun through a liquid outlet hose, and the liquid outlet hose and the filling gun are hung or inserted in the cabinet body through a.
Furthermore, the precision pipeline filter comprises a shell, a shell upper cover, an outlet pipe fitting and a filtering assembly, wherein the shell upper cover is welded on the top of the shell, a first through hole is formed in the center of the shell upper cover, and bolt holes are formed in the outer edge part of the shell upper cover; the outlet pipe fitting is arranged on one side of the shell, and a pipe cavity of the outlet pipe fitting is communicated with an inner cavity of the shell; the filter assembly comprises an inlet pipe fitting, a flange blind plate and a filter cartridge, wherein a second through hole is formed in the center of the flange blind plate, the lower end of the inlet pipe fitting penetrates through the second through hole to be welded with the upper side face of the flange blind plate, the lower end of the filter cartridge is closed, the upper end of the filter cartridge is welded with the lower side face of the flange blind plate, and a pipe cavity of the inlet pipe fitting is communicated with an inner cavity of the filter cartridge; the flange blind plate is connected with the upper cover of the shell through a bolt, the filter cartridge passes through the first through hole and is accommodated in the inner cavity of the shell, and a space is arranged between the filter cartridge and the side wall of the shell; the filter cartridge is filled with quartz sand filter material or filter sponge.
Further, the outlet pipe fitting comprises an outlet pipe and an outlet pipe flange, and the outlet pipe flange is welded at one end of the outlet pipe and used for being connected with the medium pipeline.
Furthermore, the inlet pipe fitting comprises an inlet pipe and an inlet pipe flange, and the inlet pipe flange is welded at one end of the inlet pipe and used for being connected with a medium pipeline.
Furthermore, the inlet and the outlet of the precision pipeline filter are both provided with stop valves.
Furthermore, an inlet short connecting pipe is arranged in a liquid inlet at the top of the solution tank, the upper end of the basket type filter screen is embedded at the inlet of the inlet short connecting pipe, and the lower end of the basket type filter screen penetrates through the inlet short connecting pipe and is accommodated in the solution tank; the upper end of the inlet nipple is in threaded connection with a first cover body.
Furthermore, the solution tank is provided with an exhaust pipe, the exhaust pipe penetrates through the rear side shell to be communicated with the atmosphere, and a second cover body is arranged on one side of the exhaust pipe extending out of the cabinet body.
Furthermore, the cabinet body is provided with a shell, and the shell consists of a protective inner layer, a heat-insulating layer and a protective outer layer; the inside wall of cabinet door is provided with the heat preservation, and the outside of heat preservation is provided with outer protective layer.
Further, the heat insulation layer is made of rock wool, polyurethane foam boards or polyvinyl chloride foam boards.
The utility model has the advantages that: the filter screen is arranged at the inlet of the solution tank to primarily intercept large-particle impurities and prevent the large-particle impurities from entering the solution tank; the precise pipeline filter is arranged at the outlet of the pump, and the quartz sand filter material or the sponge adsorbs tiny impurities, so that the blockage of the electric element on the pipeline of the filling machine can be effectively prevented, and the safe operation and the sensitivity of the electric element are ensured. The arrangement of the transverse partition plate in the cabinet body separates the electric appliance and the equipment into different installation areas, so that the corrosion of the electric appliance can be reduced, and the maintenance is convenient. The cabinet body and the heat preservation facility of the cabinet door can further prevent the temperature of the urea solution from being reduced, and crystallization and difficult filling can be avoided under the low-temperature environment.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the urea filling machine for a vehicle of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a partially enlarged view of a portion a in fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a partially enlarged view at B in fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the precision pipeline filter of the vehicle urea filling machine of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a filtering assembly of the precision pipeline filter according to the present invention.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and a preferred embodiment.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the embodiment provides a vehicle urea filling machine with a filtering device, which includes a cabinet body 10 and a cabinet door 20, wherein the cabinet door 20 is installed at one side of the cabinet body 10 through a hinge, the cabinet body 10 is internally divided into an electrical appliance installation area and an equipment installation area from top to bottom in sequence by a transverse partition plate 11, the electrical appliance installation area is used for installing electrical elements of equipment, and a solution tank 40 and a liquid outlet system are arranged in the equipment installation area; the solution tank 40 is arranged at the rear side of the cabinet body and used for storing the urea solution for the vehicle; a liquid inlet is arranged at the top of the solution tank 40, and a basket type filter screen is arranged in the liquid inlet; the liquid outlet system comprises a liquid outlet pipe 51, a pump inlet valve 52, a liquid outlet pump 53, a filter inlet valve 58, a precision pipeline filter 54, a filter outlet valve 59, a liquid outlet short connecting pipe 55, a liquid outlet hose 56 and a filling gun 57; the liquid outlet pump 53 is arranged at the front side of the solution tank 40, one end of the liquid outlet pipe 51 is connected with the solution tank 40, the other end of the liquid outlet pipe is connected with the liquid outlet pump 53 through the pump inlet valve 52, the outlet of the liquid outlet pump 53 is connected with the precision pipeline filter 54 through the filter inlet valve 58, the outlet of the precision pipeline filter 54 is connected with the liquid outlet short pipe 55 through the filter outlet valve 59, the liquid outlet short pipe 55 is connected with the filling gun 57 through the liquid outlet hose 56, the liquid outlet hose 56 and the filling gun 57 are hung or inserted in the cabinet body 10 through a support, and the structure of each part of the embodiment is described in.
In this embodiment, the fill gun 57 is inserted into a fill gun bracket 571 provided in a side wall of the housing 13. Since the outlet hose 56 is long, a hose support 561, such as a hook support, is provided on the side wall of the housing 13 to hang the hose on the hook for storage. The filter is conveniently dismounted and mounted when the filter is cleaned by arranging the inlet and outlet valves of the filter, and the cleaning efficiency is improved.
The cabinet 10 is provided with a casing 13, and the casing 13 is composed of a protective inner layer 131, a heat insulation layer 132 and a protective outer layer 133. The inner and outer protective layers 131 and 133 are preferably made of stainless steel, and the insulating layer 132 is made of an insulating material such as rock wool, polyurethane foam board, or polyvinyl chloride foam board. The inside wall of cabinet door 20 is provided with heat preservation 21, and heat preservation 21 is made by heat preservation materials such as rock wool, polyurethane foam board or polyvinyl chloride cystosepiment. An outer protective layer is arranged on the outer side of the heat-insulating layer 21; the outer protective layer is preferably made of a stainless steel plate. The cabinet body and the cabinet door heat-insulating layer are arranged, so that the low-temperature crystallization phenomenon of the urea solution in the cabinet body can be effectively prevented when the external environment temperature is reduced.
The solution tank 40 is composed of a horizontal partition plate 11, a vertical partition plate 12, a rear side housing 13, and a bottom partition plate 14. A wood spacer may be provided below the bottom partition 14. The front side of the vertical partition plate 12 is provided with an equipment installation space, and the installation space is used for installing a liquid outlet system. The transverse partition 11 is provided with a first through hole 111, a second through hole 112 and a third through hole 113. The first through hole 111 communicates with the electrical installation area and the equipment installation area for passing a connection wire. The second through hole 112 and the third through hole 113 are provided at the top of the solution tank 40. The second through hole 112 is a solution inlet of the solution tank 40, an inlet nipple 421 is welded in the second through hole 112, a circular boss is arranged at the upper end of the inlet nipple 421, a thread is arranged on the outer side wall of the circular boss, a circular groove is arranged at the center of the circular boss, the upper end of the basket type filter screen 422 is turned outwards to form a clamping part, the basket type filter screen 422 is embedded in the circular groove at the inlet of the inlet nipple 421 through the clamping part, and the lower end of the basket type filter screen penetrates through the inlet nipple 421 and is accommodated in the solution tank 40; a second cover 423 is threadedly coupled to an upper end of the inlet nipple 421. The inlet nipple 421, the basket filter 422 and the second cover 423 form a pre-filter 42 for primarily filtering large particle impurities mixed in the urea solution. An exhaust pipe 41 is arranged in the third through hole 113, the exhaust pipe 41 penetrates through the rear side shell to be communicated with the atmosphere, the exhaust pipe 41 is used for discharging gas during liquid inlet and liquid discharge of the solution tank 40, and a first cover body is arranged on one side, extending out of the cabinet body, of the exhaust pipe 41.
The precision pipe filter 54 includes a housing 541, a housing cover 542, an outlet tube 543, and a filter assembly 544. The housing is preferably made of stainless steel plate, and the housing is preferably cylindrical. Liquid is not easy to accumulate in the cylindrical shell, and the quality of the fluid is affected. The horizontal welding of casing lateral wall has outlet pipe fitting 543, and outlet pipe fitting 543 includes outlet pipe and outlet pipe flange, and outlet pipe one end level is passed the casing lateral wall lumen and is communicated with each other with the casing inner chamber, and the other end welding outlet pipe flange of outlet pipe, outlet pipe flange are used for connecting the medium pipeline. The central line of the outlet pipe is preferably intersected with the axial lead of the shell cylinder, so that the liquid outlet effect is good. The housing upper cover 542 is welded to the top of the housing 541, and the housing upper cover 524 has a first through hole at a center thereof and bolt holes formed at an outer peripheral portion thereof.
The filter assembly 544 includes inlet plumbing, a blind flange 5441, and a filter cartridge 5444. The inlet pipe fitting includes an inlet pipe 5442 and an inlet pipe flange 5443, and the inlet pipe flange 5443 is welded to the upper end of the inlet pipe 5442 for connection to a media conduit. The flange blind plate 5441 is provided with a second through hole at the center part and bolt holes at the outer edge part; the lower end of the inlet pipe 5442 penetrates through the second through hole to be connected with the upper side surface of the flange blind plate in a welding mode. The lower end of the filter cylinder 5444 is closed, and the upper end of the filter cylinder 5444 is welded and connected with the lower side surface of the flange blind plate 5441; the filter cartridge is filled with quartz sand filter 5445. The lumen of the inlet tube 5442 communicates with the interior cavity of the filter cartridge 5444. Preferably, the filter cartridge is made of a stainless steel orifice plate, and the bottom of the filter cartridge is designed to be arc-shaped, so that the filtering area is further increased. The flange blind plate 5441 and the shell upper cover 542 are fastened and connected through bolts and nuts which penetrate through bolt holes of the flange blind plate and the shell upper cover, the filter cartridge 5444 penetrates through the first through hole of the blind plate and is accommodated in the inner cavity of the shell, and a space is arranged between the filter cartridge 5444 and the side wall of the shell.
The utility model discloses a working method is:
when liquid needs to be fed, a worker opens the first cover body of the exhaust pipe 41 to communicate the solution tank 40 with the atmosphere; the cabinet door 20 is opened, the second cover body is opened, the liquid outlet hose of the external urea tank is inserted into the basket type filter screen 422, the urea solution is filled into the solution tank 40, after the liquid inlet is completed, the hose is pulled out, the cabinet door is closed, the second cover body and the first cover body of the exhaust pipe are screwed on, the solution tank is closed, and the solution in the solution tank is prevented from being diffused and the heat in the cabinet body is prevented from being dissipated.
When the automobile needs to be filled with the urea solution, the first cover body of the exhaust pipe 41 is opened, so that the solution tank is communicated with the atmosphere; and opening the cabinet door, pulling the filling gun 57 and the liquid outlet hose 56 out of the cabinet, aligning the gun mouth of the filling gun with the mouth of the automobile urea cylinder, starting the liquid outlet pump 53, and filling the urea solution in the solution tank 40 into the automobile urea cylinder through the liquid outlet pump 53, the precision pipeline filter 54, the liquid outlet hose 56 and the filling gun 57. After filling, the liquid outlet pump 53 is stopped, the filling gun and the liquid outlet hose are placed into the cabinet, the cabinet door is closed, the cover body of the exhaust pipe 41 is screwed up, the cabinet body is sealed, and heat loss in the cabinet body is prevented.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that those skilled in the art can make various improvements and modifications without departing from the principle of the present invention, and the improvements and modifications are also within the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. A vehicle urea filling machine with a filtering device comprises a cabinet body and a cabinet door, wherein the cabinet door is installed on one side of the cabinet body through a hinge; the solution tank is arranged at the rear side of the cabinet body and used for storing the urea solution for the vehicle; a liquid inlet is arranged at the top of the solution tank, and a basket type filter screen is arranged in the liquid inlet; the liquid outlet system comprises a liquid outlet pipe, a pump inlet valve, a liquid outlet pump, a precision pipeline filter, a liquid outlet short connecting pipe, a liquid outlet hose and a filling gun; the liquid outlet pump is arranged on the front side of the solution tank, one end of the liquid outlet pipe is connected with the solution tank, the other end of the liquid outlet pipe is connected with the liquid outlet pump through a pump inlet valve, the outlet of the liquid outlet pump is connected with the precision pipeline filter, the outlet of the precision pipeline filter is connected with the liquid outlet short connecting pipe, the liquid outlet short connecting pipe is connected with the filling gun through a liquid outlet hose, and the liquid outlet hose and the filling gun are hung or inserted in the cabinet body through a.
2. The urea filling machine for the vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the precision pipeline filter comprises a housing, a housing upper cover, an outlet pipe fitting and a filtering assembly, the housing upper cover is welded on the top of the housing, a first through hole is formed in the center of the housing upper cover, and bolt holes are formed in the outer edge of the housing upper cover; the outlet pipe fitting is arranged on one side of the shell, and a pipe cavity of the outlet pipe fitting is communicated with an inner cavity of the shell; the filter assembly comprises an inlet pipe fitting, a flange blind plate and a filter cartridge, wherein a second through hole is formed in the center of the flange blind plate, the lower end of the inlet pipe fitting penetrates through the second through hole to be welded with the upper side face of the flange blind plate, the lower end of the filter cartridge is closed, the upper end of the filter cartridge is welded with the lower side face of the flange blind plate, and a pipe cavity of the inlet pipe fitting is communicated with an inner cavity of the filter cartridge; the flange blind plate is connected with the upper cover of the shell through a bolt, the filter cartridge passes through the first through hole and is accommodated in the inner cavity of the shell, and a space is arranged between the filter cartridge and the side wall of the shell; the filter cartridge is filled with quartz sand filter material or filter sponge.
3. The vehicle urea filling machine according to claim 2, wherein the outlet pipe comprises an outlet pipe and an outlet pipe flange, and the outlet pipe flange is welded at one end of the outlet pipe and used for connecting a medium pipeline.
4. The vehicle urea filling machine according to claim 3, wherein the inlet pipe comprises an inlet pipe and an inlet pipe flange, and the inlet pipe flange is welded at one end of the inlet pipe and used for connecting a medium pipeline.
5. The vehicle urea filling machine according to claim 4, wherein a stop valve is provided at each of an inlet and an outlet of the fine pipe filter.
6. The vehicle urea filling machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an inlet nipple is arranged in the liquid inlet at the top of the solution tank, the upper end of the basket type filter screen is embedded at the inlet of the inlet nipple, and the lower end of the basket type filter screen penetrates through the inlet nipple to be accommodated in the solution tank; the upper end of the inlet nipple is in threaded connection with a first cover body.
7. The vehicle urea filling machine according to claim 6, wherein the solution tank is provided with an exhaust pipe, the exhaust pipe passes through the rear housing and communicates with the atmosphere, and a second cover is provided on a side of the exhaust pipe extending out of the cabinet.
8. The urea filling machine for the vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cabinet body is provided with a shell, and the shell is composed of a protective inner layer, a heat insulation layer and a protective outer layer; the inside wall of cabinet door is provided with the heat preservation, and the outside of heat preservation is provided with outer protective layer.
9. The vehicle urea filling machine according to claim 8, wherein the insulation layer is made of rock wool, polyurethane foam board or polyvinyl chloride foam board.
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