CN216191568U - Heavy metal separation device - Google Patents

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CN216191568U
CN216191568U CN202122462965.0U CN202122462965U CN216191568U CN 216191568 U CN216191568 U CN 216191568U CN 202122462965 U CN202122462965 U CN 202122462965U CN 216191568 U CN216191568 U CN 216191568U
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The utility model relates to the technical field of wastewater treatment, in particular to a heavy metal separation device. Heavy metal separator includes the base, first processing case, the case is handled to the second, draw water the mechanism, block up the subassembly, first filtering component and second filtering component, the bottom fixed mounting of base has the support frame, the top fixed mounting of first processing case has the inlet tube, the top fixed mounting of case is handled to the second has the inlet pipe, the bottom fixed mounting of case is handled to the second has the outlet pipe, draw water the top of installing at the base to the mechanism, fixed mounting has the box body on the interior roof of case is handled to the second, block up the subassembly is installed to the both sides of box body, first filtering component installs the inside at first processing case, the inside at second processing case is installed to the second filtering component. The heavy metal separation device provided by the utility model has the advantages that the wastewater and the reactant can be doped with each other, the heavy metal reaction and separation are more thorough, and the wastewater can be pretreated.

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Heavy metal separation device
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of wastewater treatment, in particular to a heavy metal separation device.
Background
The heavy metal ion wastewater is wastewater containing heavy metal discharged in the industrial production processes of mining and metallurgy, mechanical manufacturing, chemical industry, electronics, instruments and the like; heavy metal (such as cadmium, nickel, mercury, zinc and the like) wastewater is one of industrial wastewater which has the most serious environmental pollution and the most harm to human, the water quality and the water quantity of the wastewater are related to a production process, and the heavy metal in the wastewater can not be decomposed and destroyed generally and can only be transferred to the existing position and be converted into the physical and chemical form; the treatment method is to reform the production process at first, and heavy metals with high toxicity are not used or are used less.
The in-situ treatment at a production site usually adopts a chemical precipitation method, heavy metals in treated water are lower than the discharge standard and can be discharged or recycled, and when the heavy metals in the wastewater are separated at present, the wastewater and a reactant are directly put together to carry out the reaction precipitation separation of the heavy metals, but the wastewater and the reactant can not be rapidly fused together because of the direct putting, and the wastewater contains part of larger impurity particles, so that the reaction separation can be influenced if the pretreatment is not carried out.
Therefore, there is a need to provide a new heavy metal separation device to solve the above technical problems.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model provides the heavy metal separation device which can ensure that the wastewater and the reactant are doped with each other, is convenient for more thorough reaction and separation of heavy metals and can pretreat the wastewater.
The heavy metal separation device provided by the utility model comprises: the bottom of the base is fixedly provided with a supporting frame;
the top of the first treatment box is fixedly provided with a water inlet pipe;
the top of the second treatment box is fixedly provided with a feeding pipe, and the bottom of the second treatment box is fixedly provided with a water outlet pipe;
the water pumping mechanism comprises a water pump, a water pumping pipe and a water discharging pipe, the water pump is fixedly installed at the top of the base, the water pumping pipe is connected between the water inlet end of the water pump and the side wall of the first treatment tank, and the water discharging pipe is fixedly connected between the water outlet end of the water pump and the top of the second treatment tank;
the inner top wall of the second treatment box is fixedly provided with a box body, and two sides of the box body are provided with blocking assemblies;
a first filter assembly installed inside the first treatment tank;
a second filter assembly mounted inside the second treatment tank.
Preferably, the blocking assembly comprises a curved bar and a stop block, the side walls of the two ends of the box body are connected with the curved bar in a sliding mode, the stop block is fixedly installed at one end of the box body and far away from the curved bar, the stop block is in contact with the inner top wall of the second processing box, and a driving mechanism is further arranged inside the box body.
Preferably, actuating mechanism includes motor, semi-gear, annular slab and rack, motor fixed mounting is on the inner wall of box body, the output fixed connection of semi-gear and motor, annular slab fixed connection is two sets of the curved bar is located between the inside terminal surface of box body, the upper and lower end inner wall of annular slab is equipped with the rack, semi-gear and rack intermeshing.
Preferably, first filtering component includes first filter and first closing plate, fixed mounting has first filter on the inside wall of first processing case, just first filter is the slope structure, be equipped with the discharge gate on the first lateral wall of handling the case, just the first discharge gate department joint of handling the case has first closing plate.
Preferably, the second filtering component comprises a supporting plate, an air cylinder, a push rod and a second filtering plate, the supporting plate is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the base through a supporting rod, the air cylinder is fixedly arranged at the top of the supporting plate, the push rod is fixedly connected with the output end of the air cylinder, the top of the push rod penetrates through the base and extends to the second processing box, the second filtering plate is fixedly arranged at one end, located inside the second processing box, of the push rod, a discharge port is formed in the side wall of the second processing box, and a second sealing plate is connected to the discharge port of the second processing box in a clamped mode.
Preferably, the top edge of the second filter plate is fixedly provided with a scraper which is in contact with the inner wall of the second treatment box.
Compared with the related art, the heavy metal separation device provided by the utility model has the following beneficial effects:
the utility model provides a heavy metal separation device, which discharges waste water into a first treatment tank, pre-filters some large-particle impurities in the waste water through a first filtering component, discharges the pre-treated waste water into a second treatment tank through a water pumping mechanism, simultaneously discharges a reactant into the second treatment tank together to perform chemical reaction with the waste water, so that heavy metals in the waste water are separated out, and can drive a blocking component to block the waste water and the reactant back and forth through a driving mechanism and then release the waste water and the reactant, so that the waste water and the reactant can be sequentially discharged into the second treatment tank, the waste water and the reactant can be better mixed together, the reaction efficiency of the waste water is improved, the heavy metals can be more thoroughly separated, the waste water from which the heavy metals are removed is discharged, and the separated heavy metals are discharged and collected through the second filtering component, thereby can let waste water and reactant mix each other together, the heavy metal reaction of being convenient for is separated more thoroughly, and can carry out the preliminary treatment to waste water.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a heavy metal separation apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the heavy metal separation device shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the heavy metal separation device shown in FIG. 1;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the case shown in fig. 3.
Reference numbers in the figures: 1. a base; 11. a support frame; 2. a first treatment tank; 21. a water inlet pipe; 3. a second treatment tank; 31. a feed pipe; 32. a second sealing plate; 33. a water outlet pipe; 4. a water pumping mechanism; 41. a water pump; 42. a water pumping pipe; 43. a drain pipe; 5. a first filter assembly; 51. a first filter plate; 52. a first sealing plate; 6. a plugging component; 61. a curved bar; 62. a stopper; 7. a second filter assembly; 71. a support plate; 72. a cylinder; 73. a push rod; 74. a second filter plate; 75. a squeegee; 8. a drive mechanism; 81. a motor; 82. a half gear; 83. an annular plate; 84. a rack; 9. and (5) a box body.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the utility model and are not intended to limit the utility model.
Specific implementations of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments.
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, an embodiment of the present invention provides a heavy metal separation apparatus, including:
the base comprises a base 1, wherein a support frame 11 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the base 1;
the top of the first treatment box 2 is fixedly provided with a water inlet pipe 21;
a feeding pipe 31 is fixedly arranged at the top of the second treatment box 3, and a water outlet pipe 33 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the second treatment box 3;
the water pumping mechanism 4 is arranged at the top of the base 1;
a box body 9 is fixedly arranged on the inner top wall of the second treatment box 3, and the blocking components 6 are arranged on two sides of the box body 9;
a first filter assembly 5, the first filter assembly 5 being installed inside the first treatment tank 2;
and a second filter assembly 7, the second filter assembly 7 being installed inside the second treatment tank 3.
It should be noted that: firstly, the wastewater is discharged into a first treatment box 2, large particle impurities in the wastewater are pre-filtered through a first filtering component 5, then the pre-treated wastewater is discharged into a second treatment box 3 through a water pumping mechanism 4, meanwhile, a reactant is discharged into the second treatment box 3 to carry out chemical reaction with the wastewater, heavy metals in the wastewater are separated out, a driving mechanism 8 can drive a blocking component 6 to block the wastewater and the reactant back and forth and then release the wastewater and the reactant, so that the wastewater and the reactant can be sequentially discharged into the second treatment box 3, the wastewater and the reactant can be better mixed together, the reaction efficiency of the wastewater is improved, the heavy metals are more thoroughly separated, finally the wastewater without the heavy metals is discharged, the separated heavy metals are discharged through a second filtering component 7 and collected, and the wastewater and the reactant can be doped with each other, the reaction and separation of heavy metals are more thorough, and the wastewater can be pretreated.
In the embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 2, the first filtering assembly 5 includes a first filtering plate 51 and a first sealing plate 52, the first filtering plate 51 is fixedly installed on the inner sidewall of the first processing box 2, the first filtering plate 51 is an inclined structure, a discharge port is arranged on the sidewall of the first processing box 2, and the first sealing plate 52 is clamped at the discharge port of the first processing box 2;
it should be noted that: at first in putting first processing case 2 with waste water from inlet pipe row 21, can block filtering to great foreign particle in the waste water through first filter 51, and the large granule impurity that is filtered down can roll along the first filter 51 of slope and fall to the discharge gate department of first processing case 2, after equipment uses, can open first closing plate 51 and will be taken out the processing by the large granule impurity that filters down.
In the embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 3 and 4, the water pumping mechanism 4 includes a water pump 41, a water pumping pipe 42 and a water discharging pipe 43, the water pump 41 is fixedly installed on the top of the base 1, the water pumping pipe 42 is connected between the water inlet end of the water pump 41 and the side wall of the first treatment tank 2, and the water discharging pipe 43 is fixedly connected between the water outlet end of the water pump 41 and the top of the second treatment tank 3;
the blocking assembly 6 comprises a curved rod 61 and a stop block 62, the side walls of the two ends of the box body 9 are both connected with the curved rod 61 in a sliding manner, the stop block 62 is fixedly arranged at one end of the curved rod 61 far away from the box body 9, the stop block 62 is in contact with the inner top wall of the second treatment box 3, and a driving mechanism 8 is further arranged inside the box body 9;
the driving mechanism 8 comprises a motor 81, a half gear 82, a ring plate 83 and a rack 84, the motor 81 is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the box body 9, the half gear 82 is fixedly connected with the output end of the motor 81, the ring plate 83 is fixedly connected between the end surfaces of the two groups of bent rods 61 positioned in the box body 9, the racks 84 are arranged on the inner walls of the upper end and the lower end of the ring plate 83, and the half gear 82 is meshed with the racks 84;
it should be noted that: when the wastewater in the first treatment tank 2 is primarily filtered, the water pump 41 is started to work to pump the pretreated wastewater through the water pumping pipe 42, and the wastewater is discharged into the second treatment tank 3 through the water discharging pipe 43, meanwhile, the reactant is discharged into the second treatment tank 3 from the water feeding pipe 31, so that the wastewater and the reactant are subjected to chemical reaction in the second treatment tank 3, heavy metals in the wastewater are separated and separated out, at the moment, the motor 81 is started to work to drive the half gear 82 fixedly connected with the output end of the half gear 82 to rotate, and when the half gear 82 rotates for one circle, the half gear is contacted with the racks 84 on the upper and lower inner walls of the annular plate 83 once, so that the annular plate 83 can be driven to move back and forth, and the two groups of crank rods 61 are driven to continuously slide back and forth in opposite directions, so that when one group of crank rods 61 drives one group of stop blocks 62 to stop the outlet of the water discharging pipe 43, the other group of crank rods 61 drives the other group of stop blocks 62 to release the outlet of the water feeding pipe 31, and when a set of bent lever 61 drove the export of a set of dog 62 with drain pipe 43 and let go up, another group bent lever 61 then can drive another group dog 62 and block the export of inlet pipe 31, and then can make waste water and reactant discharge in proper order in the second treatment case 3, be convenient for waste water and reactant can one deck each other mix together, let waste water and reactant can fuse more thoroughly, thereby can make waste water can fuse the faster of reaction with the reactant, let the heavy metal in the waste water can separate out more thoroughly of separation.
In an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 1 and 4, the second filtering assembly 7 includes a supporting plate 71, an air cylinder 72, a push rod 73 and a second filtering plate 74, the supporting plate 71 is fixedly mounted at the bottom of the base 1 through a supporting rod, the air cylinder 72 is fixedly mounted at the top of the supporting plate 71, the push rod 73 is fixedly connected with an output end of the air cylinder 72, the top of the push rod 73 penetrates through the base 1 and extends to the inside of the second processing box 3, the second filtering plate 74 is fixedly mounted at one end of the push rod 73 located in the inside of the second processing box 3, a discharge hole is arranged on a side wall of the second processing box 3, and a second sealing plate 32 is clamped at the discharge hole of the second processing box 3;
the top edge of the second filter plate 74 is fixedly provided with a scraper 75, and the scraper 75 is contacted with the inner wall of the second treatment box 3;
it should be noted that: heavy metal in the waste water can fall on second filter 74 after being separated out, wait a period of reaction separation after, open the valve on the outlet pipe 33 again, let the waste water after the separation heavy metal discharge from outlet pipe 33, then restart cylinder 72 work drives second filter 74 through push rod 73 and reciprocates, and scrape the partial impurity of adhesion or heavy metal on handling case 3 inner wall with the second through scraper blade 75 and fall on second filter 74, control push rod 73 again at last and drive second filter 74 and remove the discharge gate department that case 3 was handled to the second, then open second closing plate 32, alright take out the heavy metal and the impurity of collecting on with second filter 74 and handle.
The working principle of the heavy metal separation device provided by the utility model is as follows: firstly, the wastewater is discharged into a first treatment box 2 from a water inlet pipe 21, the larger impurity particles in the wastewater can be blocked and filtered through a first filter plate 51, the filtered large-particle impurities can roll down to a discharge port of the first treatment box 2 along the inclined first filter plate 51, when the wastewater in the first treatment box 2 is primarily filtered, a water pump 41 is started to work, the pretreated wastewater is pumped out through a water pumping pipe 42 and is discharged into a second treatment box 3 through a water discharging pipe 43, meanwhile, a reactant is also discharged into the second treatment box 3 from a feed pipe 31, the wastewater and the reactant are subjected to chemical reaction in the second treatment box 3, heavy metals in the wastewater are separated out, at the moment, a motor 81 is started to work again to drive a half gear 82 fixedly connected with an output end of the half gear to rotate, and the half gear 82 is contacted with racks 84 on the upper inner wall and the lower inner wall of an annular plate 83 once when rotating for each circle, thereby driving the ring plate 83 to move back and forth, and further making the two groups of curved bars 61 slide back and forth in opposite directions continuously, so when one group of curved bars 61 drives one group of stoppers 62 to block the outlet of the drain pipe 43, the other group of curved bars 61 drives the other group of stoppers 62 to release the outlet of the feed pipe 31, and when one group of curved bars 61 drives one group of stoppers 62 to release the outlet of the drain pipe 43, the other group of curved bars 61 drives the other group of stoppers 62 to block the outlet of the feed pipe 31, and further enabling the wastewater and the reactant to be discharged into the second treatment tank 3 in sequence, so that the wastewater and the reactant can be mixed together layer by layer, the wastewater and the reactant can be fused more thoroughly, thereby the wastewater can react with the reactant more quickly, the heavy metal in the wastewater can be separated more thoroughly, and the heavy metal in the wastewater can fall on the second filter plate 74 after being separated, after a period of time reaction separation ends, open the valve on the outlet pipe 33 again, let the waste water after the separation heavy metal discharge from outlet pipe 33, then restart cylinder 72 work drives second filter 74 through push rod 73 and reciprocates, and scrape the second through scraper blade 75 and fall on second filter 74 with the partial impurity of adhesion or heavy metal on the second treatment case 3 inner wall, control push rod 73 again at last and drive second filter 74 and remove the discharge gate department that the case 3 was handled to the second, then open second closing plate 32, alright take out the processing with the heavy metal and the impurity of collecting on the second filter 74, and open first closing plate 51 and take out the processing by the large granule impurity that filters down, thereby can let waste water and reactant intermingle together, be convenient for heavy metal reaction separation more thoroughly, and can carry out preliminary treatment to waste water.
The circuits and controls involved in the present invention are prior art and will not be described in detail herein.
The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by using the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

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1. A heavy metal separation device, comprising:
the device comprises a base (1), wherein a support frame (11) is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the base (1);
the device comprises a first treatment box (2), wherein a water inlet pipe (21) is fixedly arranged at the top of the first treatment box (2);
the top of the second treatment box (3) is fixedly provided with a feeding pipe (31), and the bottom of the second treatment box (3) is fixedly provided with a water outlet pipe (33);
the water pumping mechanism (4) comprises a water pump (41), a water pumping pipe (42) and a water drainage pipe (43), the water pump (41) is fixedly installed at the top of the base (1), the water pumping pipe (42) is connected between the water inlet end of the water pump (41) and the side wall of the first treatment tank (2), and the water drainage pipe (43) is fixedly connected between the water outlet end of the water pump (41) and the top of the second treatment tank (3);
the inner top wall of the second treatment box (3) is fixedly provided with a box body (9), and two sides of the box body (9) are provided with the blocking assemblies (6);
a first filtering assembly (5), the first filtering assembly (5) being mounted inside the first treatment tank (2);
a second filter assembly (7), said second filter assembly (7) being mounted inside the second treatment tank (3).
2. The heavy metal separation device according to claim 1, wherein the blocking assembly (6) comprises a curved rod (61) and a stop block (62), the curved rod (61) is connected to the side walls of the two ends of the box body (9) in a sliding manner, the stop block (62) is fixedly installed at one end of the curved rod (61) far away from the box body (9), the stop block (62) is in contact with the inner top wall of the second treatment box (3), and a driving mechanism (8) is further arranged inside the box body (9).
3. The heavy metal separation device according to claim 2, wherein the driving mechanism (8) comprises a motor (81), a half gear (82), an annular plate (83) and a rack (84), the motor (81) is fixedly installed on the inner wall of the box body (9), the half gear (82) is fixedly connected with the output end of the motor (81), the annular plate (83) is fixedly connected between the two groups of end faces of the curved bars (61) located inside the box body (9), the inner walls of the upper end and the lower end of the annular plate (83) are provided with the rack (84), and the half gear (82) is meshed with the rack (84).
4. The heavy metal separation device according to claim 1, wherein the first filtering assembly (5) comprises a first filtering plate (51) and a first sealing plate (52), the first filtering plate (51) is fixedly installed on the inner side wall of the first processing box (2), the first filtering plate (51) is of an inclined structure, the side wall of the first processing box (2) is provided with a discharge hole, and the discharge hole of the first processing box (2) is clamped with the first sealing plate (52).
5. The heavy metal separation device according to claim 1, wherein the second filtering assembly (7) comprises a supporting plate (71), an air cylinder (72), a push rod (73) and a second filtering plate (74), the supporting plate (71) is fixedly mounted at the bottom of the base (1) through the supporting rod, the air cylinder (72) is fixedly mounted at the top of the supporting plate (71), the push rod (73) is fixedly connected with the output end of the air cylinder (72), the top of the push rod (73) penetrates through the base (1) and extends into the second processing box (3), the second filtering plate (74) is fixedly mounted at one end of the push rod (73) located inside the second processing box (3), a discharge port is formed in the side wall of the second processing box (3), and a second sealing plate (32) is clamped at the discharge port of the second processing box (3).
6. Heavy metal separation device according to claim 5, wherein a scraper (75) is fixedly mounted at the top edge of the second filter plate (74), said scraper (75) being in contact with the inner wall of the second treatment tank (3).
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