CN220723746U - Sludge and sewage purification treatment equipment - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model relates to the technical field of sewage purification and provides sludge sewage purification treatment equipment which comprises a sewage tank, a fusion tank, a material chamber, a discharging mechanism and a connecting plate, wherein the fusion tank is arranged above the sewage tank, the material chamber is arranged above the fusion tank, the discharging mechanism is arranged inside the material chamber, the discharging mechanism comprises a supporting column arranged inside the material chamber, and the connecting plate is arranged above the supporting column. According to the utility model, the position of the floating ball is controlled by controlling the height of the water surface in the fusion pool, so that the floating ball quantitatively feeds the flocculant into the fusion pool when the floating ball descends, and the water solution flows into the sewage pool to purify sewage when the floating ball ascends. Through above-mentioned technical scheme, the sewage purification problem among the prior art has been solved.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of sewage purification, in particular to sludge and sewage purification treatment equipment.
Background
Along with the continuous development of industry, the use amount of resources is also increasing continuously, how to save water resources and reuse of water resources becomes a concern, and in the reuse of water resources, in sewage treatment, in the middle of being, sewage is purified now, the method of adding flocculant into sewage is generally adopted to make sewage obtain preliminary filtration, in the time of adding flocculant, a large amount of flocculant is generally added into a sewage tank at one time to make sewage fuse with sewage and precipitate, and sewage is filtered, however, in the filtration, the flocculant is found to be coagulated into clusters when a large amount of flocculant is added into the sewage tank at one time, the utilization rate is reduced, so that sewage filtration is insufficient, therefore, in the prior art, a reservoir is additionally arranged outside the sewage tank, the flocculant is generally fully dissolved in the reservoir first, and then added into the sewage tank, so that the flocculant aqueous solution is fully fused with sewage, and the effect of sufficient filtration is achieved, however, in use, when the flocculant is found to be dissolved in the reservoir, if the flocculant is added to be less, the sewage filtration is insufficient, if the flocculant is added, too much waste is caused, and the utilization rate is reduced, so that a quantitative flocculant can be required.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model provides sludge and sewage purification treatment equipment, which solves the problem of sludge and sewage purification treatment equipment in the related technology.
The technical scheme of the utility model is as follows:
the utility model provides a mud sewage purification treatment equipment, includes the effluent water sump, still includes:
the fusion tank is arranged above the sewage tank;
the material chamber is arranged above the fusion pool;
the discharging mechanism is arranged in the material chamber;
the discharging mechanism comprises a supporting column arranged inside a material chamber, a connecting plate is arranged above the supporting column, a circulating hole communicated with the fusion pond is formed in the bottom of the material chamber, a flocculating agent is conveniently put in, an extension spring is arranged inside the circulating hole and is elastically connected with the connecting plate, a partition plate is elastically connected below the circulating hole, and the partition plate is located inside the fusion pond.
When the water solution in the fusion tank is filled up, the water surface drives the floating ball to rise, the pull force generated by rising of the floating ball enables the pull rope to pull the piston to move upwards, so that the piston is separated from the bottom of the fusion tank, at the moment, the water solution in the fusion tank flows to the sewage tank through the hole at the bottom of the fusion tank, the water surface lowers the floating ball, the limiting block on the surface of the piston is clamped above the hole, so that the water solution flows into the sewage tank from the water inlet tank, when the floating ball contacts with the piston, the weight of the floating ball presses the piston to enable the floating ball to be meshed with the hole, the water solution stops flowing, at the moment, the floating ball pulls the partition board downwards through the pull rope, so that the flocculant in the material chamber flows into the fusion tank through the circulation hole, water is added into the fusion tank through the water suction pump, the floating ball rises, and the partition board upwards closes the circulation hole under the action of the extension spring, so that the flocculant stops throwing;
the position of the floating ball is controlled by controlling the height of the water surface in the fusion pool, so that the floating ball quantitatively inputs the flocculating agent into the fusion pool when the floating ball descends, and when the floating ball rises, the water solution flows into the sewage pool to purify sewage.
The method also comprises the following steps:
the control chamber is arranged at the left side of the fusion pool;
a stirring mechanism arranged in the control room;
the stirring mechanism comprises a motor arranged in a control room, a transmission rod penetrating through the inside of the fusion tank is arranged on the right side of the motor, a turntable is arranged on the right side of the transmission rod, and a stirring column is fixedly arranged on the right side of the turntable.
After adding the flocculant into the fusion pool, adding enough clear water into the fusion pool through a water pumping mechanism to enable the flocculant to be fused with the flocculant, at the moment, opening a motor, enabling a transmission rod to rotate through power generated by the motor, enabling the rotation force above the transmission rod to extend to the inside of the fusion pool to drive a rotary table to rotate, and driving a stirring column to stir in the fusion pool through the rotary table.
The power is generated through the motor to enable the transmission rod to rotate, the rotating force above the transmission rod extends to the inside of the fusion tank to drive the rotary table to rotate, the stirring column is driven to stir in the fusion tank through the rotary table, compared with a traditional device, the device can stir flocculating agent and water rapidly, the flocculating agent and water are prevented from being insufficient when being fused, and the purification efficiency is reduced.
The method also comprises the following steps:
a stretching mechanism arranged in the fusion pool;
the stretching mechanism comprises a piston arranged inside the fusion pool, a pull rope is arranged above the piston and connected with the partition panel, a floating ball is arranged in the middle of the pull rope, a limit column is arranged around the floating ball, the limit column is connected with the top and the bottom of the fusion pool, and the quantitative throwing of the flocculant can be controlled through the stretching mechanism.
The method also comprises the following steps:
the water pumping mechanism is arranged above the fusion pool;
the water pumping mechanism comprises a water pumping pump arranged above the merging pond, a water pumping pump base is arranged between the merging pond and the water pumping pump, a water outlet is formed in the right side of the water pumping pump, a water inlet is formed in the top of the water pumping pump, and the flocculant and water are conveniently merged through the water pumping mechanism.
The surface of piston has seted up the intake flume that is the array and distributes, and is provided with the stopper that is protruding state below the intake flume, the quantity of stopper is four and distributes on the surface of piston, can make the complete inflow sewage pond of flocculating agent through intake flume and stopper.
The stirring column is a cylindrical straight rod, the number of the stirring column is six, the top of the stirring column is not connected with the inside of the fusion pool, the stirring column is uniformly distributed on the right side of the turntable, and the stirring column moves in the inside of the fusion pool. The flocculating agent in the fusion pond can be uniformly stirred through the stirring column, so that the flocculating agent is fully fused.
The floating ball is a hollow sphere in the interior, the weight of the floating ball just can press down the limiting block to the interior of the fusion pool when the piston is pressed down, so that the piston is meshed with the fusion pool, the weight of the floating ball can pull the piston to move upwards when the water surface in the fusion pool rises, and the flocculating agent can be enabled to flow to the sewage pool after being fused with water through the action of the floating ball.
The weight of stay cord is light, and its length just can make the floater push down the piston, and when piston and fusion pond meshing, the top of stay cord is the downwardly stretching partition panel, makes fusion pond and material room intercommunication, can control the input of flocculating agent through the effect of stay cord.
The working principle and the beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows:
1. according to the utility model, the position of the floating ball is controlled by controlling the height of the water surface in the fusion pool, so that the floating ball quantitatively feeds the flocculant into the fusion pool when the floating ball descends, and the water solution flows into the sewage pool to purify sewage when the floating ball ascends.
2. According to the utility model, the power is generated by the motor to enable the transmission rod to rotate, the rotating force on the transmission rod extends to the inside of the fusion tank to drive the turntable to rotate, and the stirring column is driven by the turntable to stir in the fusion tank.
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The utility model will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and the detailed description.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall appearance structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a partial cross-sectional structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 2A according to the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 2B according to the present utility model;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 2 at C in accordance with the present utility model;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a piston structure according to the present utility model;
FIG. 7 is a schematic side cross-sectional view of the stirring mechanism of the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. A sewage pool; 2. a fusion pool; 3. a material chamber; 4. a connecting plate; 5. a support column; 6. a tension spring; 7. a flow hole; 8. a partition panel; 9. a pull rope; 10. a limit column; 11. a piston; 12. a water inlet tank; 13. a limiting block; 14. a floating ball; 15. a control room; 16. a motor; 17. a transmission rod; 18. a turntable; 19. stirring the column; 20. a water pump; 21. a water pump base; 22. a water inlet; 23. and a water outlet.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the embodiments of the present utility model, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
Example 1;
as shown in fig. 1 to 7, the present embodiment proposes:
the sludge and sewage purifying treatment equipment comprises a sewage tank 1 and further comprises:
a fusion tank 2 disposed above the sewage tank 1;
a material chamber 3 arranged above the fusion tank 2;
the discharging mechanism is arranged in the material chamber 3;
the blanking mechanism comprises a supporting column 5 arranged in the material chamber 3, a connecting plate 4 is arranged above the supporting column 5, a circulating hole 7 communicated with the fusion tank 2 is formed in the bottom of the material chamber 3, a flocculating agent is conveniently put in, an extension spring 6 is arranged in the circulating hole 7 and is elastically connected with the connecting plate 4, a partition plate 8 is elastically connected below the circulating hole 7, and the partition plate 8 is positioned in the fusion tank 2;
in this embodiment, when the water solution in the fusion tank 2 is topped up, the water surface drives the floating ball 14 to rise, the pull force generated by the rising of the floating ball 14 pulls the piston 11 to move upwards, so that the piston 11 is separated from the bottom of the fusion tank 2, at this time, the water solution in the fusion tank 2 flows to the sewage tank 1 through the hole at the bottom of the fusion tank 2, the water surface lowers the floating ball 14, the limiting block 13 on the surface of the piston 11 is clamped above the hole so that the water solution flows into the sewage tank 1 from the water inlet tank 12, when the floating ball 14 contacts with the piston 11, the weight of the floating ball 14 presses the piston 11 to enable the water solution to engage with the hole, at this time, the floating ball 14 pulls the partition plate 8 downwards through the pull rope 9, so that the flocculant in the material chamber 3 flows into the fusion tank 2 through the flow hole 7, and the floating ball 14 is lifted up through the water pump 20, the partition plate 8 closes the flow hole 7 upwards under the action of the extension spring 6, so that the flocculant stops throwing;
the position of the floating ball 14 is controlled by controlling the height of the water surface in the fusion tank 2, so that the floating ball 14 quantitatively inputs the flocculating agent into the fusion tank 2 when the floating ball 14 descends, and when the floating ball 14 ascends, the water solution flows into the sewage tank 1 to purify sewage.
Example 2;
as shown in fig. 5 and 7, the present embodiment proposes a control room 15 provided on the left side of the fusion tank 2;
a stirring mechanism provided inside the control chamber 15;
the stirring mechanism comprises a motor 16 arranged in a control room 15, a transmission rod 17 penetrating into the fusion pool 2 is arranged on the right side of the motor 16, a rotary table 18 is arranged on the right side of the transmission rod 17, and a stirring column 19 is fixedly arranged on the right side of the rotary table 18.
In the embodiment, after the flocculant is added into the fusion tank 2, enough clean water is added into the fusion tank 2 through a water pumping mechanism to be fused with the flocculant, at the moment, a motor 16 is started, a transmission rod 17 is rotated through power generated by the motor 16, the rotating force above the transmission rod 17 extends to the inside of the fusion tank 2 to drive a rotary table 18 to rotate, and a stirring column 19 is driven to stir in the fusion tank 2 through the rotary table 18;
the power is generated by the motor 16 to enable the transmission rod 17 to rotate, the rotating force above the transmission rod 17 extends to the inside of the fusion tank 2 to drive the rotary table 18 to rotate, the stirring column 19 is driven by the rotary table 18 to stir in the fusion tank 2, and compared with a traditional device, the device can rapidly stir flocculant and water, prevent insufficient fusion and reduce purification efficiency.
Example 3;
as shown in fig. 2 to 4, the present embodiment proposes a stretching mechanism, which is disposed inside the fusion pool 2;
the stretching mechanism comprises a piston 11 arranged in the fusion pool 2, a pull rope 9 is arranged above the piston 11, the pull rope 9 is connected with the partition plate 8, a floating ball 14 is arranged in the middle of the pull rope 9, a limiting column 10 is arranged around the floating ball 14, and the limiting column 10 is connected with the top and the bottom of the fusion pool 2.
In this embodiment, the quantitative dosing of the flocculant may be controlled by a stretching mechanism.
Example 4;
as shown in fig. 7, this embodiment proposes a water pumping mechanism provided above the fusion pool 2;
the water pumping mechanism comprises a water pump 20 arranged above the fusion tank 2, a water pump base 21 is arranged between the fusion tank 2 and the water pump 20, a water outlet 23 is arranged on the right side of the water pump 20, and a water inlet 22 is arranged on the top of the water pump 20;
in this embodiment, the flocculant is conveniently fused with water by a water pump.
Example 5;
as shown in fig. 6, this embodiment proposes that the surface of the piston 11 is provided with water inlet grooves 12 distributed in an array, and the lower surface of the water inlet groove 12 is provided with limiting blocks 13 in a protruding state, and the number of the limiting blocks 13 is four and distributed on the surface of the piston 11;
in this embodiment, the flocculant can be completely flowed into the sewage tank 1 through the water inlet tank 12 and the stopper 13.
Example 6;
as shown in fig. 2, the present embodiment proposes that the stirring columns 19 are cylindrical straight rods, the number of which is six, the top is not connected with the interior of the fusion pool 2, and the stirring columns are uniformly distributed on the right side of the turntable 18 and are movable in the interior of the fusion pool 2;
in this embodiment, the flocculant in the fusion tank 2 can be uniformly stirred by the stirring column 19 to be sufficiently fused.
Example 7;
as shown in fig. 2, this embodiment proposes that the floating ball 14 is a hollow sphere, and its weight just can press the limiting block 13 down to the interior of the fusion pool 2 when the piston 11 is pressed down, so that the piston 11 is meshed with the fusion pool 2, and the weight of the floating ball 14 can pull the piston 11 to move upwards when the water level in the fusion pool 2 rises;
in this embodiment, the flocculant and water are fused by the action of the floating ball 14 and then flow to the sewage tank 1 to be switched on and off at regular time.
Example 8;
as shown in fig. 2, this embodiment proposes that the pull rope 9 has a light weight, and its length just enables the floating ball 14 to press the piston 11 downwards, when the piston 11 is engaged with the fusion pool 2, the top of the pull rope 9 stretches the partition plate 8 downwards, so that the fusion pool 2 is communicated with the material chamber 3;
in this embodiment, the flocculant is controlled by the action of the pull rope 9.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the utility model is not intended to be limiting, but rather is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, alternatives, and improvements that fall within the spirit and scope of the utility model.
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1. The sludge and sewage purification treatment equipment is characterized by comprising a sewage tank (1) and further comprising:
the fusion tank (2) is arranged above the sewage tank (1);
a material chamber (3) arranged above the fusion pool (2);
the blanking mechanism is arranged in the material chamber (3);
the discharging mechanism comprises a supporting column (5) arranged inside a material chamber (3), a connecting plate (4) is arranged above the supporting column (5), a circulating hole (7) communicated with a fusion pool (2) is formed in the bottom of the material chamber (3), a flocculating agent is conveniently thrown in, an extension spring (6) is arranged inside the circulating hole (7) and is elastically connected with the connecting plate (4), a partition plate (8) is elastically connected below the circulating hole (7), and the partition plate (8) is arranged inside the fusion pool (2).
2. The sludge-sewage purification treatment apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a control chamber (15) which is arranged at the left side of the fusion pool (2);
a stirring mechanism which is arranged in the control room (15);
the stirring mechanism comprises a motor (16) arranged in a control room (15), a transmission rod (17) penetrating through the fusion pool (2) is arranged on the right side of the motor (16), a rotary table (18) is arranged on the right side of the transmission rod (17), and a stirring column (19) is fixedly arranged on the right side of the rotary table (18).
3. The sludge-sewage purification treatment apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a stretching mechanism which is arranged in the fusion tank (2);
the stretching mechanism comprises a piston (11) arranged in the fusion pool (2), a pull rope (9) is arranged above the piston (11), the pull rope (9) is connected with a partition plate (8), a floating ball (14) is arranged in the middle of the pull rope (9), a limit column (10) is arranged around the floating ball (14), and the limit column (10) is connected with the top and the bottom of the fusion pool (2).
4. The sludge-sewage purification treatment apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
the water pumping mechanism is arranged above the fusion pool (2);
the water pumping mechanism comprises a water pumping pump (20) arranged above the fusion tank (2), a water pumping base (21) is arranged between the fusion tank (2) and the water pumping pump (20), a water outlet (23) is formed in the right side of the water pumping pump (20), and a water inlet (22) is formed in the top of the water pumping pump (20).
5. A sludge sewage purification treatment apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein:
the surface of piston (11) is offered and is intake groove (12) that array distributes, and is provided with stopper (13) that are protruding state below intake groove (12), the quantity of stopper (13) is four and distributes on the surface of piston (11).
6. A sludge sewage purification treatment apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein:
the stirring columns (19) are cylindrical straight rods, the number of the stirring columns is six, the tops of the stirring columns are not connected with the inside of the fusion tank (2), the stirring columns are uniformly distributed on the right side of the turntable (18), and the stirring columns are movable in the inside of the fusion tank (2).
7. A sludge sewage purification treatment apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein:
the floating ball (14) is a hollow sphere, the weight of the floating ball can just press the limiting block (13) down to the inside of the fusion pool (2) when the piston (11) is pressed down, the piston (11) is meshed with the fusion pool (2), and the weight of the floating ball (14) can pull the piston (11) to move upwards when the water surface in the fusion pool (2) rises.
8. A sludge sewage purification treatment apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein:
the stay cord (9) is light in weight, and the length of the stay cord just can enable the floating ball (14) to press the piston (11) downwards, and when the piston (11) is meshed with the fusion pool (2), the top of the stay cord (9) stretches the partition plate (8) downwards, so that the fusion pool (2) is communicated with the material chamber (3).
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