EP2659959B1 - Dispositif de mélange du contenu de récipients de substrats - Google Patents

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EP2659959B1
EP2659959B1 EP12400015.9A EP12400015A EP2659959B1 EP 2659959 B1 EP2659959 B1 EP 2659959B1 EP 12400015 A EP12400015 A EP 12400015A EP 2659959 B1 EP2659959 B1 EP 2659959B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F27/00—Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders
    • B01F27/05—Stirrers
    • B01F27/07—Stirrers characterised by their mounting on the shaft
    • B01F27/072—Stirrers characterised by their mounting on the shaft characterised by the disposition of the stirrers with respect to the rotating axis
    • B01F27/0727—Stirrers characterised by their mounting on the shaft characterised by the disposition of the stirrers with respect to the rotating axis having stirring elements connected to the stirrer shaft each by two or more radial rods, e.g. the shaft being interrupted between the rods, or of crankshaft type
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F27/00—Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders
    • B01F27/21—Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders characterised by their rotating shafts
    • B01F27/2122—Hollow shafts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F27/00—Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders
    • B01F27/25—Mixers with both stirrer and drive unit submerged in the material being mixed
    • B01F27/251—Vertical beam constructions therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F27/00—Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders
    • B01F27/60—Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders with stirrers rotating about a horizontal or inclined axis
    • B01F27/71—Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders with stirrers rotating about a horizontal or inclined axis with propellers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F33/00—Other mixers; Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
    • B01F33/80—Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
    • B01F33/81—Combinations of similar mixers, e.g. with rotary stirring devices in two or more receptacles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F35/00—Accessories for mixers; Auxiliary operations or auxiliary devices; Parts or details of general application
    • B01F35/30—Driving arrangements; Transmissions; Couplings; Brakes
    • B01F35/32—Driving arrangements
    • B01F35/322—Construction of driving shafts

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  • the present invention relates to a device for mixing the contents of substrate containers according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a stirring device for biogas digester shown and described, which can be easily removed or installed for maintenance or repair without changing the level and without significant disturbance of normal operation.
  • the stirring device is in a vertical shaft, which protrudes from above into the fermenter vessel and in the lower part has an outlet opening.
  • the outlet opening is slightly below the filling level, so that a gastight seal is formed.
  • the shaft with the stirring device can also be attached to the outside of the fermenter.
  • the stirrer comprises at least one drive and a wall-mounted stirrer shaft bearing fastened to the wall of the fermentation container, a further fermenter-side stirring shaft bearing resting on the ground and at least one stirring shaft with stirring blades.
  • the stirring shaft extends parallel to the bottom of the fermentation tank in the direction of the main axis of the fermentation tank.
  • a device which is suitable to mix the contents of a substrate container.
  • the device comprises a container having a peripheral wall and a bottom, wherein the circumferential wall is oriented on a vertical axis.
  • Parallel to the container wall extends a column on which height adjustable a wheel is arranged with a horizontal axis of rotation. This wheel serves to distribute gas in a liquid that is in the container.
  • EP 2 213 720 discloses a device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the present invention the object of the invention to provide a device for mixing the contents of substrate containers, especially in biogas plants, which has a high performance, very well adapted to the changing conditions in the operation of the biogas plant and low maintenance during maintenance of the operation.
  • the advantages of the device according to the invention for biogas plants lie in its high performance, its stability and its ease of maintenance.
  • a device for mixing the contents of substrate containers configured when the substrate container comprises a circumferential wall and a bottom, wherein the circumferential wall oriented on a vertical main axis, if by means of mounting frame at least one agitator is arranged in the substrate container, and if the agitator a stirring wheel having a horizontal axis of rotation, and in which the stirring wheel is vertically adjustable.
  • the stirring wheel has a concentric support tube when the mounting frame is mounted a vertically adjustable carriage, and when the carriage has a horizontally oriented drive train for receiving the support tube of the stirring wheel, wherein it is advantageous if the vertical adjustment of the carriage by means of a transmission, preferably by means of a drive chain.
  • a device is advantageous when the stirring wheel consists of two parallel aligned discs, between which a number of stirring blades is arranged, and when the stirring blades extend in planes which are inclined to the axis of rotation of the stirring wheel.
  • a device for mixing the contents of substrate containers is designed particularly favorable when several agitators are arranged in the substrate container, which are optionally diametrically opposite and in which the vertical adjustment of the stirring wheels takes place together or individually.
  • a device for mixing the contents of substrate containers be carried out when the substrate container is designed as a fermentation tank, Nachgär interle, repository or the like, it is advantageous if the substrate container has a lid with gas-tight sealable inspection openings.
  • peripheral wall of the substrate container is annular in plan view.
  • FIG. 1 an open substrate container is shown, which is referred to in the following description as a fermentation tank 1 a biogas plant 2.
  • the content is to be mixed by four agitators 3, which are arranged vertically on a wall 4 of the cylindrical fermentation container 1 in this embodiment.
  • agitators 3 may be present in a container for biogas plants 2.
  • the wall 4 of the fermentation container 1 is preferably thermally insulated and preferably made of concrete.
  • the four agitators 3 are shown in their position for maintenance, namely in their uppermost, the maintenance position.
  • a stirring wheel 5 of the agitator 3 projects beyond the upper boundary of the fermentation vessel 1 so far that the horizontally oriented axis of rotation 6 of the stirring wheel 5 extends above the upper boundary edge 7 of the fermentation vessel 1.
  • the agitator 5 is rotatably mounted in a carriage 8, which is mounted vertically movable in a mounting frame 9.
  • FIG. 2 is a stirrer 3 shown in detail.
  • the mounting frame 9 is located inside the wall 4 of the fermentation tank 1, which is only hinted at here.
  • the mounting frame 9 stands on an unspecified bottom of the fermentation tank 1 and is also supported there.
  • the mounting frame 9 extends vertically and parallel to the main axis 10 of the fermentation container 1.
  • the mounting frame 9 has vertically extending rails 11, in which the carriage 8 can move vertically up and down.
  • the carriage 8 carries the impeller 5, which will be described in detail later. With the help of the carriage 8, the stirring wheel 5 is also vertically movable and can be positioned at any desired height in the fermentation tank 1, as in FIG. 3 is illustrated.
  • the agitator 5 has frontally two mutually parallel discs 12 and 13, between which a number of stirring blades 14 is arranged.
  • the discs 12 and 13 are formed in the manner of a truss structure with a circumferential band 15 and a plurality of spokes 16.
  • the agitator 5 forms in this way an arrangement in the manner of a rotatable cage, reminiscent in the broadest sense of a per se known waterwheel.
  • the stirring blades 14 are arranged obliquely between the discs 12 and 13, so that the driven stirring wheel 5 of the biomass located in the fermentation container 1 can set a predeterminable spin.
  • the rotation of the liquid to pasty biomass in the fermentation tank 1 can be influenced by the targeted orientation of the stirring blades 14.
  • the individual stirring blades 14 may consist of a plurality of stirring elements 17, or else be embodied in one piece.
  • the multi-part design of the stirring blades 14 favors the replacement of faulty stirring elements 17, since not necessarily the complete stirring blade 14 must be replaced in case of damage.
  • the agitator 5 is mounted by means of a support tube 18 on one side in the carriage 8 and its rotation is effected by a drive in the center 19 of the Rhakrads 5 through which the horizontal axis of rotation 6 is specified.
  • FIG. 3 An agitator 3 is illustrated in three different positions.
  • FIG. 3a shows the lowest position of the stirring wheel 5 within the fermentation tank 1. This position is occupied by the stirring wheel 5, when the level of the fermentation tank 1 is the lowest.
  • Figure 3b the highest working position of the Rrindrads 5 is shown, it is occupied by the impeller 5, when the level in the fermentation tank 1 has its highest water level.
  • the position of the stirring wheel 5 in Figure 3c corresponds to the already mentioned maintenance position. Intermediate positions are infinitely possible.
  • the positions of the stirring wheels 5 may also be different during operation, if, for example, a special turbulence of the contents is desired.
  • FIG. 4 a detail is shown as they come from the FIGS. 2 or 3 can be removed.
  • the agitator 3 is again shown in its maintenance position, in which the agitator 5 is in the upper position.
  • the mounting frame 9 is partially enlarged to recognize.
  • the slide 8 guided in the rails 11 has a driver cross-member 20 which is fastened to the carriage 8.
  • the driver Traverse 20 is also firmly connected to a drive chain 21, which in turn is moved by a drive, not shown.
  • the drive is located at a suitable location and is of minor importance here. He only has to drive the drive chain 21, which in turn transmits its movement to the driver cross member 20 and moves the carriage 8 in the rails 11 up and down.
  • the carriage 8 thereby conveys the agitator 5 in changing positions along the mounting frame 9.
  • the vertical longitudinal movement of the carriage 8 can also in a manner not shown by other drives, such as hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical or other way done.
  • the slide 8 is shown schematically in isolation.
  • the carriage 8 consists of a carriage frame 22, on which the driver Traverse 20 is attached.
  • the carriage frame 22 has at its outer areas over a number of guide bodies, here rollers 23, through which it is guided in its vertical longitudinal movements in the rails 11, not shown in this figure.
  • the carriage frame 22 receives a carrier plate 24, which serves as the basis for a drive train 25.
  • the drive train 25 has a drive motor 26 on which the stirring wheel 5 is rotated.
  • the drive train 25 with the drive motor 26 extends for receiving the Rntonrads 5 in the space above the fermentation vessel 1 horizontally into it and carries at its free end a receiving flange 27, which serves to receive the Rntonrads 5.
  • the drive train 25 is effectively the hub of the stirring wheel 5.
  • the stirring wheel 5 has in its center 19 on the support tube 18, by means of which it is pushed onto the drive train 25 and fixed there.
  • the drive motor 26 and the interior of the support tube 18 are well accessible from the outside, so that maintenance can be easily done. In a manner not shown, lubricant and coolant along the drive train 25 can be easily introduced into the interior of the support tube 18.
  • FIG. 6 is the schematic drawing of FIG. 1 taken up again, but here the fermentation tank is provided with a lid 29, which is required if you must work under exclusion of air.
  • the stirring wheels 5 of the agitators 3 are in the maintenance position and project beyond the outer surface of the lid 29.
  • an inspection opening 30 in the lid is provided in the correct position for an agitator 3. in the Accordingly, four inspection openings 30 are present in the cover 29 in the present embodiment.
  • the stirring wheels 5 are at least partially sunk inside the fermentation tank 1 and the inspection opening 30 are hermetically sealed with covers not shown here.

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  1. Dispositif de mélange du contenu de récipients de substrats, dans lequel le récipient de substrats comprend une paroi périphérique et un fond, où la paroi périphérique s'oriente sur un axe principal vertical, et dans lequel à l'aide d'un cadre de montage (9) au moins un agitateur (3) est disposé dans le récipient de substrats (1) et où l'agitateur (3) présente une roue d'agitation ajustable verticale (5) dotée d'un axe de rotation horizontal (6), dans lequel à distance sur le cadre de montage (9) un chariot ajustable vertical (8) est disposé, caractérisé en ce que la roue d'agitation (5) se compose de deux disques parallèles l'un à l'autre (12, 13), entre lesquels plusieurs palles d'agitation (14) sont disposées, et en ce que la roue d'agitation (5) dispose d'un tube de support concentrique (18, en ce que le chariot (8) présente une transmission alignée horizontalement (25) afin d'accueillir le tube de support (18) de la roue d'agitation (5) et en ce que la transmission (25) soit dotée à son extrémité libre d'une bride de support (27), servant à accueillir la roue d'agitation (5), de sorte que la transmission (25) constitue le moyeu de la roue d'agitation (5).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les palles d'agitation (14) sont situées dans des plans inclinés vers l'axe de rotation (6) de la roue d'agitation (5).
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'un entraînement est prévu pour le déplacement vertical du chariot (8).
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que l'entraînement est conçu comme un entraînement par chaîne (21).
  5. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que plusieurs agitateurs (3) sont placés dans le récipient de substrats (1) et sont également diamétralement opposés.
  6. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, adapté pour que le déplacement vertical de la roue d'agitation (5) ait lieu de façon commune ou individuelle.
  7. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le récipient de substrats (1) est conçu comme un bac de fermentation, un conteneur de fermentation, une cuve de dépôt ou similaire.
  8. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le récipient de substrats (1) comporte un couvercle (29) doté d'ouvertures d'inspection verrouillables et étanches au gaz (30).
  9. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la paroi périphérique (4) du récipient de substrats (1) est de forme annulaire circulaire vue du dessus.
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