CN214781406U - Intelligent sludge fermentation device - Google Patents

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CN214781406U
CN214781406U CN202121280811.3U CN202121280811U CN214781406U CN 214781406 U CN214781406 U CN 214781406U CN 202121280811 U CN202121280811 U CN 202121280811U CN 214781406 U CN214781406 U CN 214781406U
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The utility model discloses a mud intelligence fermenting installation, the fermentation chamber has been seted up in the fermentation cylinder, rabbling mechanism sets firmly in fermentation chamber bottom, the conveyer belt level sets up in the rabbling mechanism top, the transport chamber has been seted up to one side in fermentation chamber, the fermentation chamber is through first through-hole and transport chamber intercommunication, the screw rod rotates and sets up in carrying the intracavity, the screening chamber is seted up to fermentation chamber top, carry the chamber to pass through second through-hole and screening chamber intercommunication, filter screen circumference sets firmly in screening chamber lateral wall, the stock solution chamber has been seted up to one side in screening chamber, the one end and the stock solution chamber intercommunication of shower, fermentation chamber lateral wall has still set firmly the grid plate, the inlet port has been seted up on the fermentation chamber lateral wall of grid plate below, bellows passes through intake pipe and inlet port intercommunication. The sludge at the bottom layer of the fermentation cavity is conveyed to the top of the fermentation cavity through the screw rod and is uniformly scattered on the conveying belt under the action of the filter screen, so that the fermentation liquor can be uniformly sprayed on the surface of the sludge by the spray pipe, and the sludge and the fermentation liquor are uniformly mixed.

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Intelligent sludge fermentation device
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a sludge fermentation technical field, more specifically relates to a mud intelligence fermenting installation.
Background
The sludge fermentation is a harmless comprehensive treatment technology which decomposes organic matters in the sludge under the aerobic condition and utilizes the action of aerobic mesophilic bacteria and thermophilic bacteria to kill infectious germs, parasitic ova and viruses and improve the sludge fertility. However, in the existing sludge fermentation equipment, the sludge is usually stirred by the stirring blades, so that the bottom layer sludge and the fermentation liquid are not uniformly mixed, and the fermentation efficiency is influenced.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In order to overcome the defect of the prior art, the utility model aims to solve the technical problem that a mud intelligence fermenting installation has been put forward, carry the mud of fermentation chamber bottom to fermentation chamber top through the screw rod to evenly scatter under the effect of filter screen on the conveyer belt, make the shower can evenly spray the zymotic fluid on the mud surface, guaranteed mud and zymotic fluid misce bene.
To achieve the purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical proposal: an intelligent sludge fermentation device comprises a fermentation tank, a stirring mechanism, a screw, a driving motor, a conveying belt, a spraying pipe, a filter screen, a grid plate, a breathable film, an air box, an air inlet pipe and a temperature sensor, wherein a fermentation cavity is formed in the fermentation tank, the stirring mechanism is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the fermentation cavity, the conveying belt is horizontally arranged above the stirring mechanism, a conveying cavity is formed in one side of the fermentation cavity, the fermentation cavity is communicated with the conveying cavity through a first through hole, the screw is rotatably arranged in the conveying cavity, the driving motor is fixedly arranged at the top of the fermentation tank, the power output end of the driving motor extends into the conveying cavity and is fixedly connected with the screw, a screening cavity is formed above the fermentation cavity, the conveying cavity is communicated with the screening cavity through a second through hole, the filter screen is circumferentially and fixedly arranged on the side wall of the screening cavity, a liquid storage cavity is formed in one side of the screening cavity, one end of the spraying pipe is communicated with the liquid storage cavity, and the other end of the spraying pipe extends to the upper part of the conveying belt, the fermentation chamber lateral wall has still set firmly the grid plate, and ventilative film sets firmly in the grid plate up end, has seted up inlet port and venthole on the fermentation chamber lateral wall of both sides about the grid plate respectively, and bellows set up in one side of fermentation cylinder and bellows pass through intake pipe and inlet port intercommunication, and the heater sets firmly in the bellows, and temperature sensor sets firmly in the venthole and temperature sensor and heater electric connection.
The utility model discloses among the technical scheme of preferred, screening chamber top is rotated and is provided with the pivot, and the brush pole sets firmly in the one end of pivot, the other end of pivot extend to outside the fermentation chamber and with first rotating gear fixed connection, driving motor's the last second rotating gear who meshes with first rotating gear that sets firmly of power output shaft.
The utility model discloses among the technical scheme of preferred, the fermentation cylinder top has set firmly the tuning fork, and the bottom of round bar extends to in the middle of the tuning fork in the stock solution intracavity, one side of tuning fork is rotated and is provided with third rotating gear, and third rotating gear and the meshing of first rotating gear, the slider slides and sets up between third rotating gear and tuning fork, and the one end of connecting rod articulates in one side of slider, and the other end of connecting rod articulates in third rotating gear's top.
The utility model discloses in the technical scheme of preferred, rabbling mechanism includes agitator motor, (mixing) shaft and puddler, agitator motor inlay in fermentation chamber bottom, the bottom of (mixing) shaft is run through the grid plate sets firmly in agitator motor's power take off end, and puddler circumference more than two evenly sets firmly on the (mixing) shaft.
The utility model discloses in the technical scheme of preferred, one side of fermentation cylinder is provided with the exhaust-gas treatment case, and the exhaust-gas treatment case passes through blast pipe and venthole intercommunication, and the combustor sets firmly in the exhaust-gas treatment incasement.
In the technical proposal of the utility model with better quality, the side wall of the fermentation cavity is embedded with a heat preservation layer.
The utility model has the advantages that:
the utility model provides a pair of mud intelligence fermenting installation carries the mud of fermentation chamber bottom to fermentation chamber top through the screw rod to evenly scatter on the conveyer belt under the effect of filter screen, make the shower can evenly spray the zymotic fluid on the mud surface, guaranteed mud and zymotic fluid misce bene.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent sludge fermentation device provided by the specific embodiment of the utility model.
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1-fermentation tank, 101-fermentation chamber, 102-conveying chamber, 103-first through hole, 104-screening chamber, 105-second through hole, 106-liquid storage chamber, 107-air inlet hole, 108-air outlet hole, 2-stirring mechanism, 201-stirring motor, 202-stirring shaft, 203-stirring rod, 3-screw, 4-driving motor, 5-conveying belt, 6-spraying pipe, 7-filter screen, 8-grid plate, 9-breathable film, 10-air box, 11-air inlet pipe, 12-rotating shaft, 13-brush rod, 14-first rotating gear, 15-second rotating gear, 16-third rotating gear, 17-tuning fork, 18-sliding block, 19-connecting rod, 20-waste gas treatment box, 21-exhaust pipe, 22-burner, 23-insulating layer, 24-heater and 25-temperature sensor.
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The technical solution of the present invention is further explained by the following embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment provides an intelligent sludge fermentation device, which includes a fermentation tank 1, a stirring mechanism 2, a screw 3, a driving motor 4, a conveyer belt 5, a spray pipe 6, a filter screen 7, a grid plate 8, a breathable film 9, an air box 10, an air inlet pipe 11 and a temperature sensor 25, wherein a fermentation chamber 101 is formed in the fermentation tank 1, the stirring mechanism 2 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the fermentation chamber 101, the conveyer belt 4 is horizontally arranged above the stirring mechanism 2, a conveying chamber 102 is formed at one side of the fermentation chamber 101, the fermentation chamber 101 is communicated with the conveying chamber 102 through a first through hole 103, the screw 3 is rotatably arranged in the conveying chamber 102, the driving motor 4 is fixedly arranged at the top of the fermentation tank 1, a power output end of the driving motor 4 extends into the conveying chamber 102 and is fixedly connected with the screw 3, a sieving chamber 104 is formed above the fermentation chamber 101, the conveying chamber 102 is communicated with the sieving chamber 104 through a second through hole 105, filter screen 7 circumference sets firmly in screening chamber 104 lateral wall, liquid storage chamber 106 has been seted up to one side of screening chamber 104, the one end and the liquid storage chamber 105 intercommunication of shower 6, the other end of shower 6 extends to the conveyer belt 5 top, fermentation chamber 101 lateral wall has still set firmly grid plate 8, ventilative film 9 sets firmly in grid plate 8 up end, inlet port 107 and venthole 108 have been seted up respectively on the fermentation chamber 101 lateral wall of both sides about grid plate 8, bellows 10 sets up in one side of fermentation cylinder 1 and bellows 10 passes through intake pipe 11 and inlet port 107 intercommunication, heater 24 sets firmly in bellows 10, temperature sensor 25 sets firmly in venthole 108 and temperature sensor 25 and heater 24 electric connection. In the embodiment, the model of the temperature sensor 25 is DS18B20, when in use, the stirring mechanism 2 is started to uniformly stir the sludge and the fermentation liquid in the fermentation cavity 101, so that the sludge is fully contacted with the fermentation liquid, the fermentation effect is ensured, meanwhile, the driving motor 4 drives the screw rod 3 to rotate, the sludge at the bottom of the fermentation cavity 101 is conveyed into the screening cavity 104 at the top, the sludge particles in the screening cavity 104 are uniformly scattered on the conveying belt 5 under the action of the filter screen 7 and move rightwards along with the conveying belt 5, at the moment, the spraying pipe 6 uniformly sprays the fermentation liquid in the liquid storage cavity 106 on the surface of the sludge, the sprayed sludge falls from the right end of the conveying belt 5 and enters the fermentation cavity 101 again to be stirred, thereby ensuring that the sludge in the fermentation cavity 101 can be uniformly contacted with the fermentation liquid, the fermentation efficiency is ensured, meanwhile, the air box 10 introduces air into the fermentation cavity 101 and is fully contacted with the surface of the sludge under the action of the grid plate 8, the temperature of all parts of the fermentation cavity 101 is uniform, meanwhile, the temperature sensor 25 monitors the air temperature at the air outlet 108 in real time, when the temperature is lower than a set range, the heater 24 is controlled to be started, at the moment, the heater 24 heats the air in the air box 10, the air box 10 blows hot air into the fermentation cavity 101, and the temperature in the fermentation cavity 101 is increased; when the temperature exceeds the set range, the heater 24 is controlled to be closed, and the air box 10 blows normal-temperature air into the fermentation cavity 101 at the moment, so that the temperature of the fermentation cavity 101 is reduced, and the temperature in the fermentation cavity 101 is automatically adjusted.
Specifically, a rotating shaft 12 is rotatably arranged at the top of the screening cavity 104, a brush rod 13 is fixedly arranged at one end of the rotating shaft 12, the other end of the rotating shaft 12 extends out of the fermentation tank 1 and is fixedly connected with a first rotating gear 14, and a second rotating gear 15 meshed with the first rotating gear 14 is fixedly arranged on a power output shaft of the driving motor 4. Because first rotating gear 14 and second rotating gear 15 intermeshing for driving motor 4 can drive first rotating gear 14 through gear engagement structure and rotate, and then first rotating gear 14 drives brush-holder stud 13 through pivot 12 and rotates, makes both can break up accumulational mud, can prevent again that mud from blockking up the mesh of filter screen 7, has guaranteed that filter screen 7 can normally work.
Specifically, a tuning fork 17 is fixedly arranged at the top of the fermentation tank 1, the bottom end of a middle round rod of the tuning fork 17 extends into the liquid storage cavity 101, a third rotating gear 16 is rotatably arranged on one side of the tuning fork 17, the third rotating gear 16 is meshed with the first rotating gear 14, a sliding block 18 is slidably arranged between the third rotating gear 16 and the tuning fork 17, one end of a connecting rod 19 is hinged to one side of the sliding block 18, and the other end of the connecting rod 19 is hinged to the top of the third rotating gear 16. Because the first rotating gear 14 is simultaneously meshed with the second rotating gear 15 and the third rotating gear 16, the driving motor 4 can drive the third rotating gear 16 to rotate, and then the third rotating gear 16 drives the sliding block 18 to slide rightwards through the connecting rod 19 and impact the tuning fork 17, so that the tuning fork 17 generates vibration and is transmitted into the liquid storage cavity 106 through the middle round rod of the tuning fork 17, the fermentation liquid is synchronously vibrated, and the fermentation liquid is prevented from being deposited for a long time.
Specifically, the stirring mechanism 2 includes a stirring motor 201, a stirring shaft 202 and stirring rods 203, the stirring motor 201 is embedded in the bottom of the fermentation chamber 101, the bottom end of the stirring shaft 202 penetrates through the grid plate 8 and is fixedly arranged at the power output end of the stirring motor 201, and the stirring rods 203 more than two are circumferentially and uniformly fixedly arranged on the stirring shaft 202. Drive (mixing) shaft 202 through agitator motor 201 and rotate, (mixing) shaft 202 rotates and drives puddler 203 and rotate to the realization stirs the mud in fermentation chamber 101, makes mud and zymotic fluid intensive mixing even, simultaneously, among the mud stirring process, has great gap between the mud granule, makes the mud granule can fully contact with hot-air, has guaranteed the efficiency of fermentation.
Specifically, one side of the fermentation tank 1 is provided with an exhaust gas treatment box 20, the exhaust gas treatment box 20 is communicated with the air outlet 108 through an exhaust pipe 21, and the burner 22 is fixedly arranged in the exhaust gas treatment box 20. Through setting up exhaust-gas treatment case 20 for the waste gas that the fermentation produced discharges to exhaust-gas treatment case 20 in via blast pipe 21, and burns under the effect of combustor 22, makes waste gas satisfy emission standard, avoids directly discharging and causes the pollution to the environment.
Specifically, the side wall of the fermentation cavity 101 is embedded with a heat preservation layer 23. Through setting up heat preservation 23, guaranteed that the temperature in the fermentation chamber 101 does not receive external environment temperature's interference for keep at suitable temperature throughout in the fermentation chamber 101, help keeping the activity of the interior bacterium of zymotic fluid, improve fermentation speed.
The working principle is as follows: when the fermentation tank is used, firstly, the stirring motor 201 is started, the stirring shaft 202 is driven by the stirring motor 201 to rotate, the stirring shaft 202 drives the stirring rod 203 to rotate, and sludge in the fermentation cavity 101 is stirred to be uniformly mixed with fermentation liquor; then the driving motor 4 is started, the driving motor 4 drives the screw rod 3 to rotate, sludge at the bottom of the fermentation cavity 101 is conveyed into the screening cavity 104, meanwhile, the driving motor 4 drives the first rotating gear 14 through the gear meshing structure, the first rotating gear 14 drives the brush rod 13 to rotate through the rotating shaft 12, sludge accumulated on the filter screen 7 is scattered, the sludge is uniformly scattered on the conveying belt 5 through the filter screen 7 and moves along with the conveying belt 5 to the right, at the moment, the spraying pipe 6 uniformly sprays fermentation liquor in the liquid storage cavity 106 on the surface of the sludge, the sprayed sludge falls from the right end of the conveying belt 5 and enters the fermentation cavity 101 again to be uniformly stirred, simultaneously, the temperature sensor 25 monitors the air temperature at the air outlet 108 in real time, when the temperature is lower than a set range, the heater 24 is controlled to be started, at the moment, the heater 24 heats air in the air box 10, the air box 10 blows hot air into the fermentation cavity 101, so that the temperature inside the fermentation chamber 101 is increased; when the temperature exceeds the set range, the heater 24 is controlled to be closed, and the air box 10 blows normal-temperature air into the fermentation cavity 101 at the moment, so that the temperature of the fermentation cavity 101 is reduced, and the temperature in the fermentation cavity 101 is automatically adjusted.
While the invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The present invention is not to be limited by the specific embodiments disclosed herein, and other embodiments that fall within the scope of the claims of the present application are intended to be within the scope of the present invention.

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1. The utility model provides a mud intelligence fermenting installation which characterized in that: comprises a fermentation tank (1), a stirring mechanism (2), a screw rod (3), a driving motor (4), a conveying belt (5), a spraying pipe (6), a filter screen (7), a grid plate (8), a breathable film (9), an air box (10), an air inlet pipe (11) and a temperature sensor (25), wherein a fermentation cavity (101) is formed in the fermentation tank (1), the stirring mechanism (2) is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the fermentation cavity (101), the conveying belt (5) is horizontally arranged above the stirring mechanism (2), a conveying cavity (102) is formed in one side of the fermentation cavity (101), the fermentation cavity (101) is communicated with the conveying cavity (102) through a first through hole (103), the screw rod (3) is rotatably arranged in the conveying cavity (102), the driving motor (4) is fixedly arranged at the top of the fermentation tank (1), and the power output end of the driving motor (4) extends into the conveying cavity (102) and is fixedly connected with the screw rod (3), a screening cavity (104) is formed above the fermentation cavity (101), the conveying cavity (102) is communicated with the screening cavity (104) through a second through hole (105), the filter screen (7) is circumferentially and fixedly arranged on the side wall of the screening cavity (104), a liquid storage cavity (106) is formed in one side of the screening cavity (104), one end of the spray pipe (6) is communicated with the liquid storage cavity (106), the other end of the spray pipe (6) extends to the upper side of the conveying belt (5), a grid plate (8) is further fixedly arranged on the side wall of the fermentation cavity (101), a breathable film (9) is fixedly arranged on the upper end face of the grid plate (8), air inlets (107) and air outlets (108) are respectively formed in the side walls of the fermentation cavity (101) on the upper side and the lower side of the grid plate (8), the air bellow (10) is arranged on one side of the fermentation tank (1) and communicated with the air inlets (107) through air pipes (11), the heater (24) is fixedly arranged in the bellows (10), the temperature sensor (25) is fixedly arranged in the air outlets (108) and the temperature sensor (25) and the heater (24) are fixedly arranged in the air outlets (24) ) And (6) electrically connecting.
2. The intelligent sludge fermentation device of claim 1, wherein: screening chamber (104) top is rotated and is provided with pivot (12), and brush pole (13) set firmly in the one end of pivot (12), the other end of pivot (12) extend to fermentation cylinder (1) outside and with first rotating gear (14) fixed connection, set firmly second rotating gear (15) with first rotating gear (14) meshing on the power output shaft of driving motor (4).
3. The intelligent sludge fermentation device of claim 2, wherein: fermentation cylinder (1) top has set firmly tuning fork (17), and the bottom of round bar extends to in tuning fork (17) middle round bar in stock solution chamber (106), one side of tuning fork (17) is rotated and is provided with third rotating gear (16), and third rotating gear (16) and first rotating gear (14) meshing, and slider (18) slide and set up between third rotating gear (16) and tuning fork (17), and the one end of connecting rod (19) articulates in one side of slider (18), and the other end of connecting rod (19) articulates in the top of third rotating gear (16).
4. The intelligent sludge fermentation device of claim 1, wherein: stirring mechanism (2) include agitator motor (201), (mixing) shaft (202) and puddler (203), agitator motor (201) inlay in fermentation chamber (101) bottom, the bottom of (mixing) shaft (202) is run through grid plate (8) and set firmly in agitator motor (201) power take off end, puddler (203) circumference more than two evenly sets firmly on (mixing) shaft (202).
5. The intelligent sludge fermentation device of claim 1, wherein: an exhaust gas treatment box (20) is arranged on one side of the fermentation tank (1), the exhaust gas treatment box (20) is communicated with the air outlet hole (108) through an exhaust pipe (21), and the burner (22) is fixedly arranged in the exhaust gas treatment box (20).
6. The intelligent sludge fermentation device of claim 1, wherein: the side wall of the fermentation cavity (101) is embedded with a heat-insulating layer (23).
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