ES2388159B1 - SELF-SUPPORTING MODULE FOR HYGIENIC, SANITARY AND HOUSING SERVICES. - Google Patents

Abstract

Self-supporting module for hygienic, sanitary and residential services. # Includes a standard container (1) which includes a water purification / water purification subsystem (2) and a self-generating energy subsystem (3) connected to a control block (15 ) in which an electrical installation (18) is also connected; the container (1) being additionally provided with a clean water tank (20) and with services (9, 10, 11) selected from hygienic, sanitary, residential and any combination thereof whose water and electricity needs are covered autonomously and without environmental discharges for an extended period of time.

Description

SELF-SUPPORTING MODULE FOR HYGIENIC, SANITARY AND HOUSING SERVICES OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The present invention, as expressed in the statement of this specification, refers to a self-supporting module for hygienic, sanitary and residential services, whose essential purpose is to provide an autonomous system that provides its users with hygienic, sanitary and sanitary services. housing for use in any activity, without damaging aesthetically or by salubrity to the environment where it is installed, being also independent regarding connections to electricity supply networks and wastewater evacuation.

The sector of the technique in which the invention is framed is the service sector, combining modular metal construction techniques, purification processes and wastewater disposal, as well as solar energy collection.

Among the industrial applications of the invention

It should be noted: Provision of hygienic services in beaches made up of toilets and toilets, whose waste cannot be evacuated to the sanitation networks, so that modules can be installed on dates of greater influx of users and easily disassembled when they are no longer required.

Provision of health services for health care first aid on beaches and tourist areas rural.

Implement houses with provision of services

sinks, showers and toilets. Services for construction works and works Farmers dedicated to food handling in the fields.

Installation of services in areas that promptly

have great events and where the ease of

module portability be an aspect

Important for use.

Temporary or emergency housing for

victims of natural disasters.

Temporary or emergency housing for

people whose habitual dwellings must be

moved to another area by any other type of

reason to natural disasters before

mentioned.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Currently, technical processes are known for sewage treatment and for the production of electric energy from solar energy, also known as transportable containers by truck that can facilitate a passenger compartment with easy installation and internal space acceptable to its users; however, in the current state of the art, a good integration of all these elements is not known to facilitate a self-supporting module of great autonomy as presented in this invention.

Thus, for example, among the records of the state of the art, we can cite the Utility Model with publication number 1.060.074 and stated as quot; portable water treatment plantquot; It provides a water treatment plant suitable for transport in air cargo vans or warehouses when it is constituted by a single module or two modules that can be connected by quick couplings. On the other hand, we can cite the Utility Model with publication number l. 062.583, listed as "maritime container adapted to housing solution"; which provides a maritime container adapted to a housing solution by conditioning a standardized container for maritime transport with habitable furniture, being able to

stay in the same freight capacity.

Currently, there are serious difficulties for the provisional or definitive installation of hygienic, sanitary and residential services in urban or rural areas where there is no possibility of an easy disposal of organic waste from people, nor networks for the supply of drinking water or energy supply through electrical networks. Likewise, there are also needs related to providing hygienic, sanitary and residential services on a provisional basis to groups that have lost their homes due to inclement weather or natural disasters, as well as changes in the location of urban areas where they resided.

We do not know in the current state of the art any self-supporting module in which a standard container is integrated with a water purification / purification subsystem

Y

a subsystem autogenerator from Energy that allow

to ease

modules from great autonomy, according the make he

module

self-supporting the present invention.

FROM THE INVENTION

In order to achieve the objectives and avoid the drawbacks indicated above, the invention relates to a self-supporting module for hygienic, sanitary and residential services comprising a standard shipping container for maritime goods adapted to residential solutions and with a dimensioning that allows its transport in a truck.

Novelly, according to the invention, the self-supporting module thereof comprises a water purification / purification subsystem and a self-generating energy subsystem connected to a control block in which an electrical installation is also connected with which the container is provided; the container being additionally provided with a clean water tank and with selected services among hygienic, sanitary,

housing and any combination thereof

whose water and electricity needs are met

autonomously and without environmental discharges during

An extended period of time.

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In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the

self-generating energy subsystem comprises plates

photovoltaic connected to batteries that in turn

connect with an alternator; while on installation

Electrical transducer block is included

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electronic; and the control block comprises a frame

electric control and an electronic control panel.

In addition, in said preferred embodiment of the

invention, the water purification / purification subsystem

it comprises a primary treatment block provided with a

fifteen

solids trap and connected through a first pump

with a secondary treatment block in which

includes a zone of aeration and a zone of decantation

with activated sludge zone; applying to this block of

secondary treatment a fifth pump or pump-compressor-

twenty

blower for the aeration zone and a second pump for

connect with a particle filter block that at your

Once connected to a tertiary treatment block provided

of UVA lamps; being united through a

third pump said tertiary treatment block to a

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depot of purified water and a pipe with

micro sprinklers belonging to an evaporator plant that

It also includes a water line without evaporating

connected to an auxiliary tank that connects with a fourth

pump through which said water is recirculated without evaporating

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towards the referred pipe with micro sprinklers.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the

mentioned container internally has a volume of

use for users where referrals are installed

services and that has at least one door to the outside; and of

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   a volume for facilities accessible by one or more

doors and where at least part of the referrals are housed

Subsystems, control block, electrical installation and clean water tank.

According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, in the washbasins of said services, the emission water comes from the clean water tank and its drain is sent to the purification / purification subsystem; while in urinals and toilets of these services, both the emission water and the drains come and are sent to and from that purification / purification subsystem.

For the preferred embodiment of the invention, said standard container is made by means of the

recycling

from a container maritime adapted to solution

housing

that be be there scrapped respect from its

functionality

initial.

With

the structure that be he has described, he module

self-supporting

from the invention provides the possibility from

provide hygienic, sanitary or residential services, whether provisional or definitive, in any area autonomously, without any connection to both sanitary and electrical networks, with great ease of transport and without any auxiliary work that implies granting of building permits, without damaging the environment and whose possible environmental impact is canceled when finished with the object of the need for its installation.

Other more specific advantages of the invention are

They can be detailed as follows: Transportability: the module is designed under the need to cover seasonal and even specific needs, so it is very easily transported, even in hard-to-reach areas, making it easier to store Waiting for next uses.

Wide operating autonomy: the maintenance needs of the module facilities have been considered with respect to

Drinking water supplies are as small as possible to depend on outside means in the broadest possible period of time and according to usage levels.

With respect to the environment: the module of the invention enables designs with the imperative that once the service has been carried out during the necessary time it vacates its space without any change in the surrounding environment, leaving no residue or assembly of preinstallation

Use of materials that respect the environment: the materials that allow the use of the module of the invention can be chosen to obtain great recycling and maintenance facilities, as well as modulations that facilitate the possibility of use in different alternative designs.

Durability and ability to withstand atmospheric agents: the base container can be based on the use of sea containers that have proven for years their ability to withstand high humidity and salinity environments, their effectiveness being tested to withstand the worst conditions of the atmospheric agents and ensuring thus a great durability in clearly less adverse conditions.

Great ease of maintenance: the module of the invention allows to take into account the possibility that both its maintenance and the replacement of its integral elements respond to a philosophy of modularity to facilitate that without acting on other components the replacement of parts, automatisms or any other defective element; thus facilitating work

of maintenance and repair that may arise

the long of the time. Absolute guarantee of health: both the elements that make up the module, as well as the

dispositives

designed for the depuration from waters

they can

comply all the normative legal that

affect

in how much to security and hygiene,

guaranteeing

So the total healthiness from the

corresponding facilities. In addition, it is anticipated that the modules that are constructed will be subject to a protocol of periodic tests that ensure the total suitability of the corresponding designs for the requested services.

Insertion of the exterior design in the different environments of use: both the exterior design of the module that is requested and the surroundings in which it is to be installed will be the object of specific study to take into account characteristics of the environment, and provide an element whose decoration causes a visual impact in accordance with the different circumstances of use and that is well combined with the spaces in which it is integrated.

Next, in order to facilitate a better understanding of this descriptive report and as an integral part thereof, some figures are attached in which the object of the invention has been shown as an illustrative and non-limiting nature.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

Figure 1.- Represents a functional block diagram of a self-supporting module for hygienic, sanitary and residential services, carried out according to the present invention.

Figure 2.- Schematically represents a real physical distribution of some of the main

elements of the block diagram of the previous figure l.

Figure 3.- Represents a sectional and schematic plan view of a standard container in which the self-supporting module of the previous figures 1 and 2 is configured. DESCRIPTION OF AN EXAMPLE OF EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

Next

be makes a description from the

invention

doing allusion to the references from the

figures.

So,

in the figure one be he has represented

schematically to a standard container 1 with all the functional blocks provided for the present example, a water purification / water purification subsystem 2 and a self-generating energy subsystem 3 connecting with a control block 15 to which the corresponding one is also connected are of particular relevance. electrical installation 18 with which the container is provided

l.

In addition, said container 1 has a clean water tank 20 and services consisting of toilets 9, toilets 10 and urinals 11.

The self-generating energy subsystem 3 is configured by means of photovoltaic panels 12 connected to batteries 13 which in turn connect to an alternator 14, while in the said electrical installation 18 a block of electronic transducers 19 is included. On the other hand, the control block 15 comprises an electrical control panel 16 and an electronic control panel

17.

With respect to the water purification / purification subsystem 2, as shown in the aforementioned figure 1, it comprises a primary treatment block 26 provided with a solids trap 37 and connected through a first pump 21 with a secondary treatment block 27. In this block

Secondary treatment 27 includes an area of

aeration 38 and a settling zone 39 with activated sludge zone 40. In addition, a fifth pump or pump-compressor-blower 25 is applied to the secondary treatment block 25 for the aeration zone 38 and a second pump 22 to connect with a particulate filter block 2 8 which in turn connects with a tertiary treatment block 2 9 provided with UVA lamps referenced as 36. This tertiary treatment block 2 9 connects by means of a third pump 23 with a tank of purified water 30 and with a pipe 33 provided with micro sprinklers 35 belonging to an evaporator plant 32. Said evaporator plant 32 includes an un evaporated water line 34 connected to an auxiliary tank 31 that connects with a fourth pump 24 by which said water is recirculated without evaporating to the referred pipe 33 with micro sprinklers

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Figure 2 shows the actual physical distribution of some of the elements of the functional diagram of Figure 1, such as the evaporator plant 32 and the depot of purified water 30 at the top of the module, the primary treatment block 26 with the solids trap 37 in the lower zone of the module, the secondary and tertiary treatment blocks 27 and 29 respectively in an area of medium height, and above them and under the aforementioned tank of purified water 30 the batteries 13, the alternator 14 and electrical panels 16 and electronic 17.

In the present example, as can be seen in Figure 3, the container 1 internally presents a volume of use 4 for users 5 in which said services 9, 10 and 11 are installed; presenting this volume of use 4 a door 6 to the outside. In addition, there is a volume for installations 7 accessible through one or more doors 8, where a large part of the components of subsystems 2 and 3 and others that may be included in the container l can be housed.

In the present example, in the toilets 9 that the users 5 are going to use, the emission water comes from the clean water tank 2 O, while its drain is sent to the scrubber / purification subsystem 2. However, in the urinals 11 e toilets 10 both the emission water and the drains proceed and are sent to and from said purification / purification subsystem 2.

Another feature of the present example is that the standard container 1 is made by recycling a maritime container adapted to solution

housing

that be be there scrapped respect from its

functionality

initial.

In

general, he Deposit from waters clean twenty be

will use

for to drink Y for hygiene bodily Y will have that

be supplied to the extent of use determined. This water will not be recycled for the same uses but will pass, once it has been used, to the depot of purified water 30 through the scrubber / purification subsystem 2.

On the other hand, the water used for cleaning toilets and urinals is processed and purified for constant reuse and only periodically must be removed the mud produced by the processing of biological waste, according to the level of use of each module installed, which will logically depend on the type of use and the number of users, as well as the area of the installation.

All the energy necessary to provide the lighting services and achieve the operation of the devices involved in the purification comes from photovoltaic solar panels 12 that are autonomous and with sufficient accumulation of energy for proper operation.

The surpluses of water resulting from the operation of the module are evacuated through the evaporator plant 32 by means of various recirculations to pass to the

atmosphere in the form of steam using the heat produced by solar energy.

Elements such as a clean water tank with a loading tap, a recycled water tank with a loading tap, an evaporation plant, photovoltaic panels, a clean water level meter, can be mounted in the cover area or upper part of the standard container 1. gas outlet pipe and others.

On the other hand, in the interior area of the container, in addition to the services or habitats to be used by the users, dirty water tanks, water pumps for cleaning up to the upper tank, pumps for lifting dirty water to the upper treatment tank can be included , filters, chlorinators, ultraviolet light lamps, electrical and electronic panels, probe controls, electronic door closing devices, fault control data via devices

telephone,

batteries from storage for the plates

photovoltaic

Y bomb from The evaporator plant.

The

part or zone lower of the container of the module

It can accommodate the closing mechanisms of the container under the lower floor of the module.

The module will be carried out by successively assembling, within the maritime container, the necessary divisions to differentiate the areas to be used by people, which should be properly isolated from the facilities. The interior finishes will be made taking into account the needs of the application that occur in each specific case. In the area dedicated to installations, the components of the purification system, the energy accumulators, the electrical and electronic controls that appear in the block diagram will be mounted, in a modular way to achieve an easy replacement in case of breakdown. In the cover area, the evaporator plant, the water tanks or reservoirs are mounted, as well as energy collection elements. The various assemblies that are

require are done through mechanical means

known as screwed and welded.

In the primary treatment 26 a deposit of

9 6 O 1 i t ros (5O x 2 4 O x 8 O cm) in e 1 which takes place 1 a

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interference from the hoses of the installed toilets,

as well as the drains of the toilets and urinals,

presenting a filling and emptying inlet,

in addition to a 50 x double grid solid separator

80 cm and 0.5 cm holes; said double grid being and

10

removable for easy cleaning,

both being built in stainless steel to ensure a

good duration and efficiency; mounting the first bomb 21

within this primary treatment depot for

lead the waters to secondary treatment 27 where

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a biological aeration treatment is performed and

decantation in a volume of 720 liters (50 x 180 x 80 cm)

compartmentalized into two equal parts 90 cm wide that

they connect superiorly, being the first part for the

aeration and the second for decantation. Behind the

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settling there is a 4 O activated sludge zone that

will be eliminated according to needs, for which it is controlled

regularly the level of the corresponding sediments.

Aeration 38 is facilitated by the fifth pump or pump-

compressor-blower 25, while in the tank part

25

corresponding to decantation 39 the second one is installed

pump 22 for transfer to filter block 28 for

that a volume of 360 liters (50 x 90 x 80 is planned)

cm), using a silica sand filter that has a

sand load through which the

30

water, providing a quality filter to which

subsequently ultraviolet radiation is applied by

UVA 36 lamps. From time to time it is done

a wash of this sand filter; constituting the

ultraviolet radiation the tertiary treatment 29 while

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   that the sand filter determines the filter block 28.

UVA 36 lamps will be located outside the

Water,

suspended from way almost flush to a surface

from

Water; replacing sayings lamps  from way that be

guarantee

30,000 microwatts-second / cm2 from area from

exposition

in all moment.

The disinfection time control is carried out by means of an electrovalve located in the drive of the said second pump 22 of the secondary treatment.

On the other hand, a volume of 720 liters (30 x 240 x 100 cm) is planned for the clean water tank 20

Regarding the evaporator plant 32, it has the pipe 33 with micro sprinklers 35 to evaporate the surplus water in a metal plate attached to the container cover that also has a mechanical device that allows its inclination regulations for better lightning capture solar; in addition to having a collector or conduit for collecting non-evaporating water 34, which through a small auxiliary tank 31 and the fourth pump 24 is carried back to the pipe 33 equipped with micro sprinklers 35. An evaporation capacity is provided 65 liters / hour.

With respect to the clean water accumulation tank 20, a volume of 3,600 liters (30 x 240 x 500 cm) has been provided, with a loading port and level control to fill it if necessary; being its sufficient capacity to be used for two weeks according to established parameters of maximum use.

For the photovoltaic panels 12, guidance mechanisms are also provided for maximum solar radiation collection, with an instantaneous power generation of 1,000 watts and an alternator system 14 for 220 volt alternating voltage conversion being provided, which facilitates the use of conventional pumping and lighting systems.

Regarding the electrical and electronic control panels and networks of control block 15 and the installation

electric 18, it has the following elements

basic:

Power line from generating plant

energy to general control panel. General control panel that has indirect contact protections as well as for possible overloads or short circuits by differential and magnetothermal switches in each circuit

Interior and exterior lighting circuits of module. Pump feeding circuits. Power circuits to the electronic panel

17.

Solenoid valve control circuits and timers Power circuits of regulation motors

height for evaporator plant and plates

photovoltaic Line connections in free copper cable halogen, under armored tube, according to regulations competing electrotechnology.

Control panel of electronic circuits.

Operating controls of circuits bombs Function control of the plates

photovoltaic and evaporator plant.

Operational control of lightning lamps 36 GRAPE. Opening and closing operation control

module automatic. Deposit filling control. Telephone network connection for display

remote operation of a plurality of

modules similar to this example.

Among various configurations and types of possible facilities or services, such as the one shown in Figure 3, one in which the

5 container is approximately prismatic-rectangular with a maximum dimension for its length of 6 meters and where a closet is installed in which all the purification facilities, electrical and electronic controls, as well as energy accumulators and others are installed

10 devices, this cabinet presenting a closure that prevents access to unauthorized personnel. In addition, there is a gentlemen's service with two toilets, a urinal and a sink, a disabled service with a toilet and a sink, and a ladies service consisting of three

15 toilets and a sink; all of them installed in 16 mm PEX-A pipe and with 40 and 110 mm PVC pipe drains; providing them with an electrical installation for lighting with points of light controlled by ambient lighting sensor and with all facilities

20 hygienic that mark the applicable sanitary regulations; having also provided ventilation through natural draft with opening of holes in the top and bottom of the module.

Claims (5)

1.-SELF-SUPPORTING MODULE FOR HYGIENIC, SANITARY AND HOUSING SERVICES, comprising a standard container (1) for the transport of maritime goods adapted to residential solutions and with a dimension that allows transport in a truck; characterized in that it comprises a water purification / purification subsystem (2) and a self-generating energy subsystem (3) connected to a control block (15) in which an electrical installation (18) is also connected with which the container is provided (one); the container (1) being additionally provided with a clean water tank (2 O) and with services (9, 1O,

eleven)

selected between hygienic, sanitary,

housing

Y a combination anyone from the same

whose

needs from Water Y electricity are left decks

from

way autonomous Y without waste environmental during

a

extensive period from weather.

2.-SELF-SUPPORTING MODULE FOR HYGIENIC, SANITARY AND HOUSING SERVICES, according to claim 1, characterized in that the self-generating energy subsystem (3) comprises photovoltaic plates (12) connected to batteries (13) which in turn connect to an alternator (14); while in the electrical installation (18) a block of electronic transducers (19; and the Control block (5) comprises an electrical control panel (16) and an electronic control panel (17). 3.-SELF-SUPPORTING MODULE FOR HYGIENIC, SANITARY AND HOUSING SERVICES, according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the water purification / purification subsystem (2) comprises a primary treatment block (26) provided with a solids trap (37) and connected through a first pump (21) with a secondary treatment block (27) which includes an aeration zone (38) and a settling zone ( 39) with activated sludge zone (40); applying to this block of

secondary treatment (27) a fifth pump or pump-

compressor-blower (2 5) for the aeration zone (3 8) and

a second pump (22) to connect with a block of

particle filter (2 8) which in turn connects with a

5

tertiary treatment block (29) provided with lamps

UVA ray (36); being united through a third

pump (23) said tertiary treatment block (29) at a

depot of purified water (30) and a pipe (33) with

micro sprinklers (35) belonging to an evaporator plant

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(32) which also includes a water line without evaporating

(34) connected to an auxiliary tank (31) that connects with

a fourth pump (24) by which said recirculate

water without evaporating to the referred pipe (33) with

micro sprinklers (35)

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4.-SELF-SUPPORTING MODULE FOR HYGIENIC SERVICES,

SANITARY AND HOUSING, according to any one of the

previous claims, characterized in that said

container (1) internally has a volume of use

(4) for users (5) in which the referrals are installed

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services (9, 1O, 11) and that has at least one door (6)

To the exterior; and of a volume for installations (7)

accessible through one or more doors (8) and where they are housed

at least part of the referred subsystems, block of

control, electrical installation and clean water tank

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(2, 3, 15, 18, 20).

5.-SELF-SUPPORTING MODULE FOR HYGIENIC SERVICES,

SANITARY AND HOUSING, according to any one of the

previous claims, characterized in that in the

washbasins (9) of the referred services the emission water

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it comes from the clean water tank (20) and its drain is

send to the debugger / purification subsystem (2); While

that in urinals (11) and toilets (1 O) of said services,

both the emission water and the drains proceed and are

send to and from that debugger / water purifier subsystem

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   (2) .

6.-SELF-SUPPORTING MODULE FOR HYGIENIC, SANITARY AND HOUSING SERVICES, according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said standard container (1) is made by recycling
5 a maritime container adapted to a housing solution that has been discarded with respect to its initial functionality.