CN220194141U - Mud waste water separator - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a mud and wastewater separation device. The mud waste water separator includes: a dewatering box and a settling box; the first hydraulic rod, first hydraulic rod fixed connection is in the bottom of dehydration tank inner wall, the top fixedly connected with bottom plate of first hydraulic rod, the top intermediate position fixedly connected with mounting plate of dehydration tank inner wall, the bottom fixedly connected with second hydraulic rod of mounting plate, the bottom fixedly connected with stripper plate of second hydraulic rod. After the operation of the slurry and wastewater separation device provided by the utility model is finished, the next dehydration can be carried out by resetting the telescopic rod, the first hydraulic rod and the second hydraulic rod, the separated water is discharged through the water discharge pipe, if the water is turbid, the secondary treatment can be continued, the precipitated slurry does not need to be cleaned manually and has higher efficiency, the water in the slurry can be dehydrated secondarily, and the slurry is pressed into a block shape, so that the post treatment is convenient, and the treatment difficulty is reduced.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of wastewater separation, in particular to a slurry wastewater separation device.
Background
The wastewater centrifugal separation treatment method is one of the wastewater physical treatment methods. Is a method for removing suspended particles in wastewater by using centrifugal force formed by high-speed rotation of a container filled with wastewater.
The waste water separation mainly separates the waste water containing mud from the mud, so that the mud and the waste water are treated respectively, and the mud waste water separation mainly precipitates the mud through precipitation, and then the waste water is discharged.
The existing slurry waste water separation mode is troublesome in that sediment needs to be collected manually after slurry precipitation, and the inside of the slurry which is precipitated naturally still contains water, so that the slurry is treated in an inconvenient later stage, the treatment difficulty is increased, and a filter screen in a sedimentation tank is easy to be blocked by the slurry, so that the water is difficult to drain due to inconvenient cleaning.
Accordingly, there is a need to provide a slurry wastewater separation device that solves the above-described technical problems.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model provides a mud waste water separation device, which solves the problems that the manual cleaning of the mud after precipitation is troublesome, the mud after precipitation is inconvenient to treat in later stage due to the fact that the water is contained in the mud, and a filter screen in a sedimentation tank is easy to block and inconvenient to clean.
In order to solve the technical problems, the slurry and wastewater separation device provided by the utility model comprises: a dewatering box and a settling box;
the first hydraulic rod is fixedly connected to the bottom of the inner wall of the dewatering box, the bottom plate is fixedly connected to the top end of the first hydraulic rod, the mounting plate is fixedly connected to the middle position of the top of the inner wall of the dewatering box, the second hydraulic rod is fixedly connected to the bottom of the mounting plate, the extrusion plate is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the second hydraulic rod, and the dewatering cover is fixedly connected to the middle position of the inside of the dewatering box through the supporting bolt;
the protection box, protection box fixed connection is in the outside bottom position that is close to one side of dewatering box, the opposite side fixedly connected with telescopic link of protection box inner wall, the other end fixedly connected with push pedal of telescopic link, the dewatering box inner wall both sides are close to the equal fixedly connected with connecting plate in position of bottom, the outside of dewatering box is close to opposite side bottom position fixedly connected with mud outlet, the bottom fixedly connected with drain pipe of dewatering box, four equal fixedly connected with of dewatering hood support the bolt, play the supporting role with four face fixed connection of dewatering box inner wall respectively, the bottom plate is located the bottom of dewatering hood, the stripper plate is located the top of dewatering hood inner wall, can be with two connecting plates holding in the back of bottom plate to the inside activity of dewatering hood, the push pedal on the telescopic link is with the mud after the compaction release through the mud outlet, the position of connecting plate can refer to the figure two, the outside of dewatering hood is seted up porously and is convenient for water to flow, the drain pipe is discharged and can use the water pump to take off, the other end of drain pipe and sedimentation tank connection, let waste water carry out secondary separation.
Preferably, the front fixedly connected with control panel of dehydration box, the top of dehydration box is provided with the mud pumping structure, and control panel is the work of automatic control first hydraulic stem, second hydraulic stem and telescopic link, and the observation mouth is installed to the position that the front of dehydration box is located the top, and the pump that mud pumping structure was can take out silt is current equipment.
Preferably, the mud inlet of the mud pumping structure is fixedly connected with a mud pumping pipe, the mud outlet of the mud pumping structure is fixedly connected with a mud conveying pipe, and the other end of the mud conveying pipe is connected with the extrusion plate, so that mud is conveniently conveyed into the dehydration cover.
Preferably, the bottom of the inner wall of the sedimentation tank is fixedly connected with a sedimentation tank through a connector, the bottom end of the connector is fixedly connected with a mud pumping pipe, and the sedimentation tank occupies one third of the bottom of the sedimentation tank and is used for storing sedimentary mud.
Preferably, the sedimentation tank is externally positioned at a position close to the top on one side and is fixedly connected with a sewage inlet pipe, the sedimentation tank is externally positioned at a position close to the top on the other side and is fixedly connected with a water outlet pipe, and the water outlet pipe is positioned in the installation frame and is used for discharging filtered water.
Preferably, the position fixedly connected with installing frame that the setting tank inner wall opposite side is located the top, the outside of installing frame is all fixedly connected with filter screen, the top of setting tank is provided with the lid, and the filter screen is located the installing frame and removes the remaining four faces at top, and the filter screen of bottom generally does not need the clearance, and water enters into the inside of installing frame through outside filter screen, and the outside of filter screen and installing frame is leveled and is made things convenient for the clearance brush clearance.
Preferably, the top of lid is close to the position fixedly connected with fixed block of opposite side, the top swing joint of fixed block has the pull rod, the bottom fixedly connected with connecting block of pull rod, one side fixedly connected with clearance frame of connecting block, the equal fixedly connected with clearance brush of inner wall of clearance frame, the bottom of lid is close to the position fixedly connected with slide bar of opposite side, and the connecting block is at the outside slip of slide bar, and the figure can be consulted to the shape of clearance frame.
Compared with the related art, the mud waste water separation device provided by the utility model has the following beneficial effects:
the utility model provides a mud waste water separating device, when mud waste water is precipitated in a sedimentation tank, a mud pumping structure is started to input mud in the sedimentation tank into a dewatering hood through a mud pumping pipe and a mud conveying pipe, the bottom of the dewatering hood is sealed through a bottom plate, after the mud in the dewatering hood reaches a certain amount, only a second hydraulic rod is started to enable a squeezing plate to slowly move downwards from the top of the dewatering hood, so that the mud is compacted and water in the compaction process flows out of the dewatering hood, after the dehydration is finished, only a first hydraulic rod is started to enable the bottom plate to move downwards to be leveled with two connecting plates, after the telescopic rod is started, the compacted mud is discharged out of a dewatering tank through a mud outlet through a push plate, after the operation is finished, only the telescopic rod, the first hydraulic rod and the second hydraulic rod are required to be reset, and the water which is separated out is discharged through a drain pipe, if the water is turbid, the precipitated mud does not need to be cleaned manually and is fast, the water in the interior can be dehydrated for the second time, the difficulty of pressing the mud is reduced to be in a block shape, and the post treatment is convenient.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a first embodiment of a slurry wastewater separator according to the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a dewatering hood according to the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a squeeze plate according to the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a second embodiment of a slurry wastewater separator according to the present utility model;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a cleaning brush according to the present utility model.
Reference numerals in the drawings: 1. the device comprises a dewatering box, 2, a control panel, 3, a mud pumping structure, 4, a sewage inlet pipe, 5, a cover, 6, a pull rod, 7, a water outlet pipe, 8, a sedimentation box, 9, a connector, 10, a mud pumping pipe, 11, a protection box, 12, a water outlet pipe, 13, a mud outlet, 14, a connecting plate, 15, a first hydraulic rod, 16, a push plate, 17, a telescopic rod, 18, a bottom plate, 19, a dewatering hood, 20, a mud conveying pipe, 21, a mounting sheet, 22, a second hydraulic rod, 23, a squeeze plate, 24, a support bolt, 25, a connecting block, 26, a fixed block, 27, a cleaning frame, 28, a filter screen, 29, a mounting frame, 30, a sedimentation tank, 31, a slide rod, 32 and a cleaning brush.
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The utility model will be further described with reference to the drawings and embodiments.
First embodiment
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 2, and fig. 3 in combination, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of a slurry-wastewater separation device according to the present utility model; FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a dewatering hood according to the present utility model; fig. 3 is a schematic view of a structure of a squeeze plate according to the present utility model. The mud waste water separator includes: a dewatering box 1 and a sedimentation box 8;
the first hydraulic rod 15 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the inner wall of the dewatering box 1, the top end of the first hydraulic rod 15 is fixedly connected with the bottom plate 18, the middle position of the top of the inner wall of the dewatering box 1 is fixedly connected with the mounting plate 21, the bottom of the mounting plate 21 is fixedly connected with the second hydraulic rod 22, the bottom end of the second hydraulic rod 22 is fixedly connected with the extrusion plate 23, and the middle position of the inside of the dewatering box 1 is fixedly connected with the dewatering hood 19 through the supporting bolt 24;
the protection box 11, the bottom position that protection box 11 fixed connection is close to one side in dewatering box 1 outside, the opposite side fixedly connected with telescopic link 17 of protection box 11 inner wall, telescopic link's 17 other end fixedly connected with push pedal 16, the position that dewatering box 1 inner wall both sides are close to the bottom all fixedly connected with connecting plate 14, dewatering box 1 outside is close to opposite side bottom position fixedly connected with mud outlet 13, dewatering box 1's bottom fixedly connected with drain pipe 12, four face of dewatering hood 19 all fixedly connected with two supporting bolts 24, play the supporting role with four face fixed connection of dewatering box 1 inner wall respectively, bottom plate 18 is located dewatering hood 19's bottom, and stripper plate 23 is located dewatering hood 19 inner wall's top, is at dewatering hood 19 inside activity from top to bottom, can be equal with two connecting plates 14 after bottom plate 18 drops to the minimum, and make things convenient for push pedal 16 on telescopic link 17 to push out the mud after the compaction through mud outlet 13, and the position of connecting plate 14 can refer to figure two, and dewatering hood 19's outside has seted up hole convenient water outflow, and drain pipe 12 is that the drain pipe extrusion water can be used to drain pipe, can also the sediment with the water pump 8, can be connected with the other end of the sediment, can be separated by the water pump, the other end of the sediment tank is left.
The front fixedly connected with control panel 2 of dehydration box 1, the top of dehydration box 1 is provided with and takes out mud structure 3, and control panel 2 is the work of automatic control first hydraulic stem 15, second hydraulic stem 22 and telescopic link 17, and the observation mouth is installed to the position that the front of dehydration box 1 is located the top, takes out the pump that mud structure 3 can take out mud and sand for current equipment.
The mud inlet of the mud pumping structure 3 is fixedly connected with a mud pumping pipe 10, the mud outlet of the mud pumping structure 3 is fixedly connected with a mud conveying pipe 20, the other end of the mud conveying pipe 20 is connected with a squeezing plate 23, and mud is conveniently conveyed into a dewatering hood 19.
The bottom of the inner wall of the sedimentation tank 8 is fixedly connected with a sedimentation tank 30 through a connector 9, the bottom end of the connector 9 is fixedly connected with a mud pumping pipe 10, and the sedimentation tank 30 occupies one third of the bottom of the sedimentation tank 8 and is used for storing sedimentary mud.
The outside position that is located one side of sedimentation tank 8 is close to the top fixedly connected with advance dirty pipe 4, the outside position that is located the opposite side of sedimentation tank 8 is close to the top fixedly connected with outlet pipe 7, and outlet pipe 7 is located the inside of installing frame 29, discharges the water after filtering.
The working principle of the slurry and wastewater separation device provided by the utility model is as follows:
the mud pumping structure 3 is started to input mud from the sedimentation tank 30 into the dehydration hood 19 through the mud pumping pipe 10 and the mud conveying pipe 20, the bottom of the dehydration hood 19 is sealed through the bottom plate 18, after the mud in the dehydration hood 19 reaches a certain amount, only the second hydraulic rod 22 is started to enable the extruding plate 23 to slowly move downwards from the top of the dehydration hood 19, so that the mud is compacted, water can flow out of the dehydration hood 19 in the compacting process, after the dehydration is finished, only the first hydraulic rod 15 is started to enable the bottom plate 18 to move downwards to be leveled with the two connecting plates 14, the compacted mud is started to be discharged out of the dehydration tank 1 through the mud outlet 13 through the push plate 16, after the operation is finished, the next dehydration can be carried out through resetting the telescopic rod 17, the first hydraulic rod 15 and the second hydraulic rod 22, and the water which is separated is discharged through the water discharge pipe 12, and if the water is still more turbid, the secondary treatment can be continued.
Compared with the related art, the mud waste water separation device provided by the utility model has the following beneficial effects:
when mud waste water is precipitated in the sedimentation tank 30, the mud pumping structure 3 is started to input mud in the sedimentation tank 30 into the dewatering hood 19 through the mud pumping pipe 10 and the mud conveying pipe 20, the bottom of the dewatering hood 19 is sealed through the bottom plate 18, after the mud in the dewatering hood 19 reaches a certain amount, only the second hydraulic rod 22 is started to enable the extruding plate 23 to slowly move downwards from the top of the dewatering hood 19, thereby the mud is compacted and water can flow out of the dewatering hood 19 in the compacting process, after the dehydration is finished, only the first hydraulic rod 15 is started to enable the bottom plate 18 to move downwards to be leveled with the two connecting plates 14, the compacted mud is discharged out of the dewatering tank 1 through the mud outlet 13 by starting the telescopic rod 17 through the push plate 16, after the operation is finished, the telescopic rod 17, the first hydraulic rod 15 and the second hydraulic rod 22 are reset to be dehydrated next time, and the dehydrated water is discharged through the water drain pipe 12, if the water is still turbid, the precipitated mud can be continuously processed secondarily, the manual cleaning efficiency is not needed, the difficulty of the secondary water treatment can be reduced, and the water inside the mud can be dehydrated into a secondary water-pressing block, and the water-like, and the water treatment period is convenient.
Second embodiment
Referring to fig. 4-5 in combination, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a second embodiment of a slurry-wastewater separation device according to the present utility model; fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a cleaning brush according to the present utility model, which is based on the slurry-wastewater separation device provided in the first embodiment of the present application, and the second embodiment of the present application provides another slurry-wastewater separation device. The second embodiment is merely a preferred manner of the first embodiment, and implementation of the second embodiment does not affect the implementation of the first embodiment alone.
Specifically, the second embodiment of this application provides a mud waste water separator's difference lies in, the position fixedly connected with installing frame 29 that the settling tank 8 inner wall opposite side is located the top, the outside of installing frame 29 is all fixedly connected with filter screen 28, the top of settling tank 8 is provided with lid 5, and filter screen 28 is located the remaining four faces at installing frame 29 removal top, and the filter screen 28 of bottom generally does not need the clearance, and water enters into the inside of installing frame 29 through outside filter screen 28, and the outside of filter screen 28 and installing frame 29 is held in the balance and is conveniently cleared up the brush 32 clearance.
The top of lid 5 is close to the position fixedly connected with fixed block 26 of opposite side, the top swing joint of fixed block 26 has pull rod 6, the bottom fixedly connected with connecting block 25 of pull rod 6, one side fixedly connected with cleaning frame 27 of connecting block 25, the equal fixedly connected with cleaning brush 32 of inner wall of cleaning frame 27, the bottom of lid 5 is close to the position fixedly connected with slide bar 31 of opposite side, and connecting block 25 is at the outside slip of slide bar 31, and the shape of cleaning frame 27 can refer to the figure five.
Compared with the related art, the mud waste water separation device provided by the utility model has the following beneficial effects:
and mud waste water enters into the sedimentation tank 30 of sedimentation tank 8 inside through advancing dirty pipe 4, the waste water that separates can filter through the filter screen 28 on the installing frame 29, be discharged water through outlet pipe 7 and handle waste water, if filter screen 28 takes place to block up only needs pulling pull rod 6 to drive connecting block 25 and slide in the outside of slide bar 31, thereby let the clearance brush 32 on the clearance frame 27 clear up the filter screen 28 of three face, can be under the condition of not opening sedimentation tank 8 quick clear up filter screen 28 through this equipment, avoid mud to cause filter screen 28 to block up and influence the drainage.
The foregoing description is only illustrative of the present utility model and is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, and all equivalent structures or equivalent processes or direct or indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the scope of the present utility model.
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1. Mud waste water separator, its characterized in that includes: a dewatering box and a settling box;
the first hydraulic rod is fixedly connected to the bottom of the inner wall of the dewatering box, the bottom plate is fixedly connected to the top end of the first hydraulic rod, the mounting plate is fixedly connected to the middle position of the top of the inner wall of the dewatering box, the second hydraulic rod is fixedly connected to the bottom of the mounting plate, the extrusion plate is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the second hydraulic rod, and the dewatering cover is fixedly connected to the middle position of the inside of the dewatering box through the supporting bolt;
the protection box, protection box fixed connection is in the outside bottom position that is close to one side of dewatering box, the opposite side fixedly connected with telescopic link of protection box inner wall, the other end fixedly connected with push pedal of telescopic link, the dewatering box inner wall both sides are close to the equal fixedly connected with connecting plate in position of bottom, the outside bottom position fixedly connected with outlet of opposite side that is close to of dewatering box, the bottom fixedly connected with drain pipe of dewatering box.
2. The mud-wastewater separator according to claim 1, wherein the front surface of the dewatering box is fixedly connected with a control panel, and the top of the dewatering box is provided with a mud pumping structure.
3. The mud-wastewater separator according to claim 2, wherein the mud inlet of the mud pumping structure is fixedly connected with a mud pumping pipe, and the mud outlet of the mud pumping structure is fixedly connected with a mud conveying pipe.
4. The mud wastewater separation device of claim 1, wherein the bottom of the inner wall of the settling tank is fixedly connected with a settling tank through a connector, and the bottom of the connector is fixedly connected with a mud pumping pipe.
5. The slurry wastewater separation device according to claim 1, wherein a sewage inlet pipe is fixedly connected to the outside of the settling tank at a position close to the top on one side, and a water outlet pipe is fixedly connected to the outside of the settling tank at a position close to the top on the other side.
6. The slurry and wastewater separation device according to claim 1, wherein a mounting frame is fixedly connected to the other side of the inner wall of the settling tank at the top, filter screens are fixedly connected to the outer parts of the mounting frame, and a cover is arranged at the top of the settling tank.
7. The slurry and wastewater separation device according to claim 6, wherein a fixed block is fixedly connected to the top of the cover at a position close to the other side, a pull rod is movably connected to the top of the fixed block, a connecting block is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the pull rod, a cleaning frame is fixedly connected to one side of the connecting block, cleaning brushes are fixedly connected to the inner walls of the cleaning frames, and a slide rod is fixedly connected to the bottom of the cover at a position close to the other side.
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